Bee All & End All? videos………

Some videos concerning aspects of the bees decline, CCD and neonicotinoid insecticides……

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Terms etc. used in the above videos: Guttation Monsanto Monsanto website neonicotinoid insecticide

Bee All & End All?………

BAN THE USE OF NEONICOTINOID INSECTICIDES NOW……

The biggest reason why Bees are dying and Colony Collapse Disorder in their hives is running out of control is the increasing use of NEONICOTINOID insecticides.(Relatively new compounds which mimic the insect ­killing properties of nicotine.) Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is a phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or European honey bee colony abruptly disappear. While such disappearances have occurred throughout the history of apiculture, the term colony collapse disorder was first applied to a drastic rise in the number of disappearances of Western honey bee colonies in North America in late 2006. Colony collapse is economically significant because many agricultural crops worldwide are pollinated by bees. European beekeepers observed similar phenomena in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, and initial reports have also come in from Switzerland and Germany, albeit to a lesser degree while the Northern Ireland Assembly received reports of a decline greater than 50%. Possible cases of CCD have also been reported in Taiwan since April 2007. (Source: Wikipedia)

Bayer,the German chemicals giant which developed the  insecticides and makes most of them, insists that they are safe for bees if  used properly, but they have already been widely linked to bee mortality. For more information about CCD, neonicotinoids and Bayer from an article in the Independent newspaper, either download the pdf or click link. Without the bees and other pollinating insects and butterflies we perish!!!! BAN THE USE OF NEONICOTINOID INSECTICIDES NOW!!!

Some bee pictures……

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