Articles by Adam Federman

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LAST CHANCE TO SAVE WILD BUMBLE BEES — HAS COMMERCIAL SHIPPING BEEN WIPING THEM OUT?
Adam Federman - CounterPunch, 22 Jan 2010

Getting to the bottom of why bee populations have collapsed.In the early 1990s, the USDA conducted risk assessments of the interstate transport of bumble bees for commercial greenhouse pollination, particularly tomatoes. Because of the risk of introducing non-native pests and diseases into new areas, they concluded that commercially reared bumble bees should not be shipped […]

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