by Rob | Apr 27, 2009 | Pesticide News
Study: Two common pesticides, when mixed, amp up risk for Parkinson’s disease. The risk of Parkinson’s disease increases in people who live near farm fields sprayed with a combination of pesticides. A recent study conducted in California’s Central...
by Rob | Apr 26, 2009 | Blog
It’s springtime and a lot of folks are eager to expand their apiary by doing splits. Splits are very popular since they are “almost free”. Problem is, a good portion of those doing splits use the “walk away” method, because it’s...
by Rob | Mar 3, 2009 | Blog
I don’t like to put frame spacers in my supers because I like to start new un-drawn frames 10 to a super to get the comb drawn correctly. Once the frames are drawn, I reduce them to 9 per super to make extracting easier. I’ve tried putting 9-frame spacers...
by Rob | Jan 15, 2009 | Pesticide News
Women with potential exposure to pesticides at work or at home took longer to get pregnant than women without pesticide connections. Pregnant women living in a migrant, farmworker community in California participated in the study. Although all women were pregnant,...
by Rob | Dec 22, 2008 | Pesticide News
Triclosan rubber-stamped by EPA : environmental safety down the drain This fall, EPA approved re-registration of antibacterial soap ingredient triclosan for yet another five years of use in consumer products, potentially leaving human and environmental health at great...
