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A beekeeper checks on hives pollinating an orchard in California. Honey bees are responsible for pollinating many of our super-foods, including berries, nuts, and avocados. Earthjustice is working on many pesticide-related cases to protect bees, the environment, and people who may be exposed to toxic chemicals. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory March 12, 2024

Bee-Killing Insecticide Sulfoxaflor To Remain Off Shelves in California

Court of Appeal lets stand lower court’s decision invalidating California’s approval of insecticide that causes colony collapse

Alyssa Anderson, a second-generation beekeeper, works with bee hives in a California orchard. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Update: Victory March 12, 2024

Beekeepers Triumph Against Deadly Insecticide

A California court ruled in favor of beekeepers represented by Earthjustice, shielding pollinators from the pesticide sulfoxaflor.

Press Release December 21, 2022

EPA to reconsider the use of bee-killing pesticide sulfoxaflor

Court allows the use of the pesticide while review proceeds

Alyssa Anderson, a second-generation beekeeper, holds a baby bee in a California orchard.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory December 6, 2021

Court Rejects California’s Approval of Bee-killing Pesticide Sulfoxaflor

Sulfoxaflor ruling comes just in time to protect bees pollinating California’s almond crop

document December 6, 2021

California Superior Court Rejects Approval of Bee-killing Pesticide Sulfoxaflor

A California Superior Court ruled that the bee-killing pesticide sulfoxaflor can no longer be used in the state because its approval violated state environmental law

A honey bee alights on a cherry blossom in Stockton, California.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
case July 8, 2013

Protecting Bees from the Pesticide Sulfoxaflor

National Beekeeping organizations along with the National Honey Bee Advisory Board have come together in an attempt to protect the bee industry by an appeal against EPA for its approval of the pesticide Sulfoxaflor, shown to be “highly toxic” to honey bees, and other insect pollinators. Sulfoxaflor is a new chemistry, and the first of…

Press Release: Victory December 9, 2021

Victoria: Corte Rechaza Aprobación de Pesticida Que Mata Abejas en California

El fallo sobre Sulfoxaflor llega justo en el momento para proteger a las abejas que polinizan el cultivo de almendras de California

document September 6, 2019

Sulfoxaflor: Petition for Review

Beekeepers, represented by Earthjustice, sued Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allowing sulfoxaflor, a bee-killing pesticide linked to a nation-wide honeybee die-off, back on the market.

A honey bee alights on a cherry blossom in Stockton, California. Bees and other insects face a global extinction crisis.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Press Release September 6, 2019

Trump’s EPA Said This Bee-Killing Insecticide Is Safe, Now Beekeepers Are Suing

Sulfoxaflor is toxic for insects already dealing with global pollinator collapse

Una abeja se posa sobre una flor de cerezo en Stockton, California. Las abejas y otros insectos enfrentan el peligro de la extinción global. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Press Release September 6, 2019

La EPA de Trump Dice que Un Insecticida que Mata Abejas Es Seguro. Ahora Los Apicultores Entablan Demanda

El sulfoxaflor es tóxico para los insectos en un mundo que enfrenta el declive de polinizadores

document September 10, 2015

Sulfoxaflor Opinion

From the United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit. The panel vacated the Environmental Protection Agency’s unconditional registration of sulfoxaflor, and remanded for the EPA to obtain further studies and data regarding the effects of sulfoxaflor on bees, as required by EPA regulations.

Alyssa Anderson, a second-generation beekeeper, holds a baby bee in a California orchard.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
feature June 30, 2020

The Perfect Crime: What’s Killing All the Bees?

Honey bee colonies have experienced widespread die-offs. Many beekeepers believe a class of pesticides are weakening their bees. Mega-corporations are making a killing off their pesticides—but are they also getting away with murder?

Press Release July 8, 2013

Beekeeping Industry Sues EPA for Approval of Bee-Killing Pesticide

Beekeeping industry not satisfied their submitted concerns were properly addressed by EPA before pesticide approval was granted

Alyssa Anderson, a second-generation beekeeper, holds a baby bee in a California orchard.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Press Release July 12, 2019

Trump’s EPA Puts Bee-killing Pesticide Back On The Market

Sulfoxaflor is linked with colony collapse

Alyssa Anderson, a second-generation beekeeper, holds a baby bee in a California orchard.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory September 10, 2015

Federal Court Overturns EPA Approval of Bee-Killing Pesticide

9th Circuit rejects approval of Dow Chemical's sulfoxaflor

Beekeeper Jeff Anderson says the Trump administration’s anti-bee and anti-science efforts are hurting his business.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Article September 6, 2019

Beekeepers Fight the Sting of EPA’s Anti-Bee Actions

The Trump EPA approved the bee-killing pesticide sulfoxaflor. On behalf of beekeepers, Earthjustice is fighting back.

A growing body of independent science links a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids (neonics) to bee declines, both alone and in combination with other factors like disease and malnutrition.
(Jason P. Smith / Earthjustice)
feature May 2, 2014

The Case of the Vanishing Honey Bee: Pesticides and the Perfect Crime

Pesticides & The Perfect Crime: In the widespread bee die-offs, bees often just vanish. One beekeeper calls it the Perfect Crime—no bodies, no murder weapon, no bees. What’s happening to the bees?

feature December 22, 2022

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