09/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - Bee mortality is taken into account. On Tuesday 9 October, European Ombudsman P. Nikiforos Diamandouros welcomed measures taken recently by the European Commission to combat increased bee mortality in the EU, which is potentially linked to certain insecticides. This follows a complaint from the Austrian Ombudsman Board, alleging that the Commission failed to take into account new scientific evidence arguing in favour of restricting the use of these insecticides....