Both local and corporate retailers are committing to reduce or eliminate use of the popular but harmful insecticide.

Both local and corporate retailers are committing to reduce or eliminate use of the popular but harmful insecticide.
Beekeepers in the United States experienced an estimated 40 percent loss in their colonies between April 2017 and April 2018, and last year, North Carolina’s honeybee population experienced a 50 percent loss, no doubt impacting the state’s $84 billion agriculture industry.
Here’s a round-up of environmental news that affects Western North Carolina, from local issues to national news we’ve been tracking.