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http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/BeeDeath/

A plethora of recent studies from Italy, Germany, America etc. are implicating Neonicotinoid insecticides (an insect nerve poison) in causing sub-lethal and lethal affects to honeybee's exposed to plants grown from seeds coated in Neonicotinoid insecticide or treated with Neonicotinoid insecticide - typically maize, sunflower and rapeseed - these sublethal effects, affect the bee's ability to orient itself and return to the colony; additionaly it is likely the detrimental effects are compounded synergistically as the bee is weakened and becomes more susceptible to natural disease, parasitic fungii and parasites such as varroa destructor - implicated in the world wide colony collapse disorder we are currently experiencing. neonicitinoid insecticides have recently been banned in other european countries and are being reviewed in the US - home of the corporations pushing these systemic insecticides.

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Good.  What about this one http://www.soilassociation.org/Takeaction/Savethehoneybee/tabid/434/Default.aspx

There's no CCD in the UK, it's a US problem. That's not to say there aren't problems here, and pesticides may be involved. Imidacloprid (one of the neonicotinoids) was banned in France some years ago after a spate of bee deaths. Keeping bees is far harder than it used to be, and while the major problem is undoubtedly varroa (plus the weather over the last couple of years), there's no doubt that they're very sensitive to pollutants.

Quote from: oliveoyl_25 on October 24, 2009, 09:16:34
Good.  What about this one http://www.soilassociation.org/Takeaction/Savethehoneybee/tabid/434/Default.aspx

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