Save the bees, one hive at a time

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by Poppyhome

Sounds like an agenda.....................media repetition, lies and hysteria.

Ron

What would be the point of lying about the bees dying? What or whom would benefit from that?

Certainly there is a gain for chemical companies defending their pesticides and covering up.

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Neonicotinoids: The New DDT? https://youtu.be/EWLPORypiB8

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The Task Force on Systemic Pesticides is the response of the scientific community to concern around the impact of systemic pesticides on biodiversity and ecosystems. Its intention is to provide the definitive view of science to inform more rapid and improved decision-making.

The mandate of the Task Force on Systemic Pesticides (TFSP) has been set by IUCN Resolution WCC-2012-Res-137: Support for a comprehensive scientific review of the impact on global biodiversity of systemic pesticides by the joint task force of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) and the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), adopted by the Members’ Assembly of the IUCN in Jeju, Korea, in September 2012:

“to carry out a comprehensive, objective, scientific review and assessment of the impact of systemic pesticides on biodiversity, and on the basis of the results of this review to make any recommendations that might be needed with regard to risk management procedures, governmental approval of new pesticides, and any other relevant issues that should be brought to the attention of decision makers, policy developers and society in general”.


Here is the Task Force comprehensive, independent analysis to inform more rapid & improved decisions on the use of systemic pesticides & their impact on biodiversity & ecosystems. https://youtu.be/3QceID-Vb64

[Poppyhome]

The world's bee population has been rising almost continuously for the past 50 years, according to FAO stats.





Ron

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by Poppyhome

The world's bee population has been rising almost continuously for the past 50 years, according to FAO stats.





Ron

Oh really? Also FAO http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/384726/icode/

"Wild pollinators in certain regions, especially bees and butterflies, are being threatened by a variety of factors," said IPBES Vice-Chair, Sir Robert Watson. "Their decline is primarily due to changes in land use, intensive agricultural practices and pesticide use, alien invasive species, diseases and pests, and climate change."

Declines in regional wild pollinators have been confirmed for North Western Europe and in North America. Although local cases of decline have been documented in other parts of the world, data are too sparse to draw broad conclusions.

The assessment found that pesticides, including neonicotinoid insecticides, threaten pollinators worldwide, although the long-term effects are still unknown. A pioneering study conducted in farm fields showed that one neonicotinoid insecticide had a negative effect on wild bees, but the effect on managed honeybees was less clear.

[Poppyhome]

Beehive population has almost doubled since 1961 — there is no real crisis!




Ron

[djwhog]

cell towers and excess FR are the main killers... We proved it in rural WY. nuff said

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There is a preponderance of literature showing harmful effects to bees and other organisms from neonics. EPA has this science-based literature available to them, conducted by independent researchers at land-grant universities across the U.S., as well as USDA researchers, USGS researchers, and international researchers. EPA is fully aware of the damage being caused to honey bees, native pollinators, soil sustainability, water quality, and beekeeping by the use of these neonic pesticides. The Pollinator Stewardship Council will work during 2019 to defeat the re-registration of Neonicotinoids for the health of our managed and native pollinators.

End of summer and over-winter losses of bee colonies range from 30-70% . If another agricultural stakeholder (cattle, chickens, hogs, sheep) suffered similar losses the USDA/EPA would have examined all factors and worked to protect livestock. Honey bees are a beekeepers livestock, and therefore their livelihood. If the livestock is not producing a crop, honey, and the livestock suffers a 10-20% loss due to pesticides simply while pollinating fruits, nuts, vegetables, and seed crops, plus the end of summer and over winter losses from the cumulative impact of pesticides, there will be less honey produced in the U.S. and less crops pollinated, and less bees year after year. These systemic pesticides, toxic to bees, which remain toxic in the soil, water, and plants long after application, are creating unsustainable agriculture, and threatening the very existence of honey bees and native pollinators.

https://www.beeculture.com/catch-the...il-bee-losses/