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[FlonkNews] Fifty Percent CCD Honeybee Die-Off This Last Winter
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mimus
Mar 25, 2013, 4:19:09 PM3/25/13
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This last winter, beekeepers reported bee die-offs of more than 50
percent – the worst loss in more than 40 years. CCD has pushed the
beekeeping industry in the U.S. to the verge of collapse, and this
could spell trouble for a variety of our favorite foods from almonds
to blueberries.
For years, the cause of CCD was a scientific mystery, but a growing
body of scientific evidence is pointing to a key factor, a class of
neurotoxic pesticides called neonicotinoids, or neonics. In fact, a
January 2013 EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) report labeled
neonicotinoids as an 'unacceptable' danger to bees. And a new report
from the American Bird Conservancy provides compelling evidence that
neonics are also harming birds.
Neonics are the fastest-growing class of synthetic pesticides in
history, and the neonicotinoid imidacloprid (Bayer Crop Science's top-
selling product), is currently the most widely used insecticide in the
world. Neonics are used as seed treatments on more than 140 crop
varieties, as well as on termites, cat and dog flea treatments, lawns,
landscapes and gardens. Neonics are persistent and last for years in
the soil. They permeate the entire plant and are expressed in pollen,
nectar and guttation droplets (dew). And, they can’t be washed off
food, meaning that we are all eating them.
What’s worse, Neonics aren’t just in use in commercial agriculture.
Many of the plants and seeds we buy in nurseries across the U.S. have
been pre-treated with the pesticides and at much higher doses than is
used on farms – so when we plant our gardens we may unwittingly be
harming bees!
The EPA approved Bayer's products based on the companies own studies
and despite mounting evidence – including a memo by the EPA’s own
scientists discrediting Bayer’s original study – and 1.25 million
public comments, the EPA has delayed action on neonics until 2018.
Other governments haven’t been so slow to act. Governments in Italy,
Germany, France and elsewhere have already taken action to limit
neonics, and beekeepers there are reporting recovery . . . :
http://www.foe.org/news/archives/2013-03-worst-bee-die-off-in-40-years
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But it's making money for campaign-donors,
which is all that matters.
percent – the worst loss in more than 40 years. CCD has pushed the
beekeeping industry in the U.S. to the verge of collapse, and this
could spell trouble for a variety of our favorite foods from almonds
to blueberries.
For years, the cause of CCD was a scientific mystery, but a growing
body of scientific evidence is pointing to a key factor, a class of
neurotoxic pesticides called neonicotinoids, or neonics. In fact, a
January 2013 EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) report labeled
neonicotinoids as an 'unacceptable' danger to bees. And a new report
from the American Bird Conservancy provides compelling evidence that
neonics are also harming birds.
Neonics are the fastest-growing class of synthetic pesticides in
history, and the neonicotinoid imidacloprid (Bayer Crop Science's top-
selling product), is currently the most widely used insecticide in the
world. Neonics are used as seed treatments on more than 140 crop
varieties, as well as on termites, cat and dog flea treatments, lawns,
landscapes and gardens. Neonics are persistent and last for years in
the soil. They permeate the entire plant and are expressed in pollen,
nectar and guttation droplets (dew). And, they can’t be washed off
food, meaning that we are all eating them.
What’s worse, Neonics aren’t just in use in commercial agriculture.
Many of the plants and seeds we buy in nurseries across the U.S. have
been pre-treated with the pesticides and at much higher doses than is
used on farms – so when we plant our gardens we may unwittingly be
harming bees!
The EPA approved Bayer's products based on the companies own studies
and despite mounting evidence – including a memo by the EPA’s own
scientists discrediting Bayer’s original study – and 1.25 million
public comments, the EPA has delayed action on neonics until 2018.
Other governments haven’t been so slow to act. Governments in Italy,
Germany, France and elsewhere have already taken action to limit
neonics, and beekeepers there are reporting recovery . . . :
http://www.foe.org/news/archives/2013-03-worst-bee-die-off-in-40-years
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But it's making money for campaign-donors,
which is all that matters.
happy zombie jebus
Mar 26, 2013, 4:07:20 PM3/26/13
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On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:19:09 -0700 (PDT), mimus <mim...@gmail.com>
wrote:
my money is on the uk govt denying there is any problem of any kind,
and if there was a problem, bees would have been doing it to make the
govt look bad. not that they need any help there.
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mhm x v i x i i i
wrote:
and if there was a problem, bees would have been doing it to make the
govt look bad. not that they need any help there.
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mhm x v i x i i i
mimus
Mar 26, 2013, 4:24:26 PM3/26/13
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On Mar 26, 4:07 pm, happy zombie jebus
<meow.mix@FUCK_OFF_SPAMMER_meow.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:19:09 -0700 (PDT), mimus <mimu...@gmail.com>
But--but--what kind of bees would be trying to make trouble for the UK
guvment?
You've got the London City Tories and the London City Liberal
Democrats voting happily together and the London City Labourites
abstaining in tune . . . .
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Maybe they're French bees. That's it!
Socialist bees! abeilles socialistes!
<meow.mix@FUCK_OFF_SPAMMER_meow.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:19:09 -0700 (PDT), mimus <mimu...@gmail.com>
guvment?
You've got the London City Tories and the London City Liberal
Democrats voting happily together and the London City Labourites
abstaining in tune . . . .
--
Maybe they're French bees. That's it!
Socialist bees! abeilles socialistes!
happy zombie jebus
Mar 26, 2013, 6:10:40 PM3/26/13
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On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:24:26 -0700 (PDT), mimus <mim...@gmail.com>
wrote:
well, being bees and living in communes, working together for the
greater good, red bees from teh former soviet union, china or nuklear
bees from n.korea.
>You've got the London City Tories and the London City Liberal
>Democrats voting happily together and the London City Labourites
>abstaining in tune . . . .
happily fucking it all up for everyone and making money for thier
masters hand over fist.
wrote:
greater good, red bees from teh former soviet union, china or nuklear
bees from n.korea.
>You've got the London City Tories and the London City Liberal
>Democrats voting happily together and the London City Labourites
>abstaining in tune . . . .
masters hand over fist.
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