Honeybees

July 13, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today said that a new report by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) detailing the decline in America’s honeybee population reinforces the need to fund research into Colony Collapse Disorder.    » read more »

Bills Focus Resources and Conservation Efforts to Further Understand Colony Collapse Disorder

June 26, 2007 -- Washington, DC – Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced that she has joined with a bipartisan coalition of Senators in co-sponsoring two pieces of legislation to address the recent rapid decline of the honey bee population. Senator Clinton is co-sponsoring Senator Boxer’s Pollinator Protection Act that directly applies research funding to identify factors causing the decline of honey bees.    » read more »

June 26, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Thune (R-SD) and Bob Casey (D-PA) today introduced legislation to help research, protect and maintain America’s bee and native pollinator population and ensure the viability of crops that rely on them for pollination.

In recent months, there has been an estimated loss of over 25 percent of the nation’s honeybee population—a decrease the USDA has termed ‘Colony Collapse Disorder.’    » read more »

Asks Senate Committee on Agriculture and Senate Appropriations Committee to Address the Rapid Decline in Honeybee Colonies; Colony Collapse Disorder Threatening New York's Honeybee, Apple and Other Agricultural Industries

May 11, 2007 -- Washington, DC - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today called on her colleagues on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Committee Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies to address the rapid decline in honeybee colonies in New York State and nationwide in the upcoming Farm Bill and    » read more »

Bee Colonies in New York State and Elsewhere Experiencing Rapid and Serious Collapse; "Colony Collapse Disorder" has Potential to Impact New York's Honeybee Industry and Other Crop Production Such as Apples

April 16, 2007 -- Washington, DC - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is expressing serious concerns over the rapid decline in honeybee colonies in New York State and nationwide. Joining a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues in a letter to U.S.    » read more »