http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-a-environment/263839-better-bee-health-begins-and-ends-with-science-not-soundbites

Glenn is the senior vice president of science & regulatory affairs
with CropLife America.

Earlier this month, scientists, regulators, beekeepers and others
gathered in Alexandria, Va., for the National Stakeholders Conference
on Honey Bee Health. The meeting, co-sponsored by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), focused on the latest findings and information regarding
challenges to honey bee health around the world.

...

To address the bee health challenge, the federal government initiated
an inter-agency bee health research program through a USDA grant. The
recent meeting on honey bee health was a part of that effort.

...

Although the EPA did not identify any evidence of imminent hazard, the
Agency is engaged in reviewing neonicotinoids in the context of its
normal review process. The EPA’s Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) met
last month to consider potential changes to the Agency’s pollinator
risk assessment framework. Recommendations from the SAP will be
published in due course and the Agency will consider these
recommendations as it moves forward with its overall assessment of
neonicotinoids.

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