美国养蜂组织已在美国联邦法庭提起诉讼,反对环保局(EPA)批准陶氏农业科学公司的杀虫剂氟啶虫胺腈登记。养蜂者和蜂蜜生产者认为EPA没有充分考虑氟啶虫胺腈对蜜蜂和其他花粉媒虫构成的危害,并要求EPA对该产品的登记许可进行重新评价。本次诉讼反映了许多养蜂者对EPA的不满。他们认为EPA无视农药可能对蜜蜂造成影响的警告。关于氟啶虫胺腈,在法庭上署名的一名 The beekeeping group in the United States has filed a lawsuit in a federal court in the United States against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) approval of the Dow Chemical Company’s pesticide flurbaron registration. Beekeepers and honey producers believe the EPA did not adequately consider the hazard of flurbaron to bees and other pollen-borne insects and asked the EPA to re-evaluate the registration of the product. This lawsuit reflects the dissatisfaction of many beekeepers with the EPA. They think the EPA ignored the warning that pesticides could affect bees. About flurbaron, one signed in court