A federal appeals court refused to delay a ban on the sale of a pesticide that some environmental groups claim is killing honeybees. The decision prevents Bayer CropScience, from selling its pesticide, Spirotetramat, while the company appeals a lower court ruling that halted sales. "Bayer has demonstrated neither that it will suffer irreparable injury absent a stay, nor that it has a substantial possibility of success on the merits of its appeal," U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood and U.S. Circuit Judge Joseph McLaughlin said in the ruling this week. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering what to do with existing stock of Spirotetramat, known by the trade names Movento and Ultor, said spokesman Dale Kemery.

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The President of the Apicultural System Committee, Alfredo Santiago Alfaro Barrón, stressed the importance of the 'Pollination with bees (Apis mellifera) in crops of avocado, strawberry, mango, melon and cucumber in the municipalities of Uruapan, Zamora and Apatzingán " which is funded by Fundación Produce Michoacán AC in the Annual Operational Program (POA) 2009. He explained that this project is being implemented in mango orchards in Parácuaro; in Paso de Tierra Caliente and New Parangaricutiro with avocado cultivation in Uruapan, and soon to be implemented in orchards of melon and cucumber. "We recognize the importance of cross-pollination by bees because it is a practice that improves the genetics of fruit, increase crop production and reduce abortions, and is scientifically proven to increase production from 15, 20 and up 30 percent, depending on the crop, "he said.

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Misinterpretation of fundamental criteria for the hygienic design of equipment by designers is resulting in incorrect installation of parts such as valves and sensors at the initial design stage of new food processing equipment and leaves processors exposed to contaminant threats, claims the (European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group) EHEDG, a consortium of equipment manufacturers, food industries, research institutes, universities and public health authorities, founded in 1989 with the aim of promoting hygiene during the processing and packing of food products.

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The site of the Rural Association of Chivilcoy, located at km 158 of Route 5, will stage the 17th and 18th April next, the tenth edition of Apiculture Expo. The exhibition will include a wide space for the display of goods and services by businesses, as well as a full program of technical talks.

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