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    EU To 'Completely Ban' Outdoor Use Of Pesticides Blamed For Devastating Bees

    Citing concerns for food production, the environment and biodiversity, the European Union moves to protect bees from a popular insecticide.
    by Bill Chappell Apr 27, 2018 2 minutes
    "Bee health remains of paramount importance for me," said the EU's Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, after the EU moved to ban neonicotinoid insecticides everywhere except greenhouses. Here, a bee hovers near a peach flower.

    Citing concerns for food production, the environment and biodiversity, the European Union is set to "completely ban" the outdoor use of neonicotinoid insecticides that have been blamed for killing bees, and for keeping other bees from laying eggs.

    "All outdoor use of the three substances will be banned and the neonicotinoids.

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