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Feb 21, 2013 The Independent
Controversial nerve-agent pesticides widely linked to decline in bees around the world should be banned, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) says today.
More than 30 separate scientific studies in the last three years have shown adverse effects on insects from neonicotinoids, which are "systemic" insecticides, meaning they enter every part of the target plants – including the pollen and nectar which bees harvest.... http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/rspb-demands-ban-on-deadly-pesticides-linked-to-bee-decline-8503950.html
PHOTOS
On The Wing Photography, May 21, 2014
WHEN ALL THE HIVES COLLAPSE WHERE WILL WE BEE? http://onthewingphotography.com/wings/2014/05/21/when-all-the-hives-collapse-where-will-we-bee/
Harvard Gazette, August 19, 2014
- ▶ ARE FAILING BEES OUR WARNING SIGN FOR HUMAN HEALTH IMPLICATIONS? Harvard School of Public Health’s (HSPH) Chengsheng (Alex) Lu, an associate professor of environmental exposure biology, believes that the potential human health implications of colony collapse disorder extend beyond the drop in pollination — though that is worrisome enough — to the impact on humans of long exposure to low-level poisons like neonicotinoid pesticides...links the pesticide to the recent increase in neurological conditions in children such as autism and ADHD. http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/08/are-failing-bees-our-warning-sign/
Treehugger, May 12, 2014
-▶ NO. 1 PESTICIDE KILLING HONEYBEES http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/no-1-pesticide-killing-honeybees.html
Common Dreams, April 28, 2014
-▶FOLLOW THE HONEY: 7 WAYS PESTICIDE COMPANIES ARE SPINNING THE BEE CRISIS http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/28-3
Buzz About Bees, April 29, 2014
-▶ 80,000 BEE COLONIES POISONED IN CALIFORNIA DURING ALMOND POLLINATION - THE DEVASTATING BEE DIE-OFF
http://www.buzzaboutbees.net/Bee-Colonies-Poisoned-in-California.html
-▶ SILENCING THE SCIENTIST: TARGETED BY HERBICIDE FIRM SYNGENTA - ALTRAZINE http://sco.lt/8VIcAz
STUNNING MACRO PHOTOS OF BEES
Courtesy of the US Geological Survey http://petapixel.com/2013/09/14/stunning-macro-photos-bees-courtesy-us-geological-survey/
July 26, 2013 Tree Hugger
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER ANOTHER CAUSE OF BEE DEATHS, AND IT'S REALLY BAD NEWS http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/scientists-discover-another-cause-bee-deaths-and-its-really-bad-news.html
April 10, 2013 - The Organic View - June Stoyer
ARE NEONICOTINOIDS TOO BIG TO BAN? http://www.theorganicview.com/environment/are-neonicotinoids-too-big-to-ban/
HOW DO NEONICOTINOIDS WORK? http://www.buzzaboutbees.net/how-do-neonicotinoids-work.html
July 29, 2013 Yale Environment 360
WIRED HONEYBEES PROVE HARMFUL IMPACTS OF PESTICIDES ON NAVIGATION
Using tiny radar antennae glued to the backs of honeybees, European scientists have found that bees exposed to neonicotinoid pesticides were more likely to become disoriented and separated from their hives ,,,http://e360.yale.edu/digest/wired_honeybees_show_harmful_impacts_of_pesticides_on_navigation/3902/
SAVE THE BEES, SAVE THE BERRIES, SAVE ME | The Natural Eye Project http://ow.ly/mx2Gq
BATTLE FOR THE BEES: Dying Bees Raise Alarm For Humans - Europe Bans Pesticide http://sco.lt/8QOFgv
28 March,2013 - The Guardian Environment
THE FOX GUARDING THE HEN HOUSE? PESTICIDE MAKERS PROPOSE PLAN TO "HELP" BEES TO FORESTALL EUROPEAN UNION BAN ON PRODUCTS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/28/pesticide-makers-plan-help-bees
PESTICIDE LOBBY SPENDS MILLIONS TO DEFEND CHEMICALS TIED TO BEE DEATHS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/pesticide-lobby-bees_n_2980870.html
April 11, 2013 Corporate Europe Observatory
PRIVATE LETTERS REVEAL SYNGENTA AND BAYER'S FURIOUS LOBBYING AGAINST BEE PESTICIDE BAN http://corporateeurope.org/publications/pesticides-against-pollinators
April 8, 2013 Earth First
PESTICIDES HAVE KILLED OFF SO MANY BEES, NOW ROBOTIC BEES TO POLLINATE MONSANTO CROPS http://earthfirstnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/robotic-bees-to-pollinate-monsanto-crops/
April 23, 2013 Moyers & Company
++++WATCH
SHORT VIDEO "DANCE OF THE HONEY BEE Narrated by Bill McKibben http://truth-out.org/news/item/15896-dance-of-the-honey-bee
March 25, 2013 - Chemical and Engineering News
GMO CORN: AT LEAST THEY'RE ADMITTING PESTICIDES PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN BEE KILL AND DISAPPEARANCE http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i12/Curtailing-Honeybee-Losses.html
28 March, 2013 Inter Press Service
USA PESTICIDE APPROVAL PROCESS "GRIEVOUSLY FLAWED"
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a key government regulator, may have been haphazardly approving thousands of pesticides for decades, some of which pose risks to both human and environmental health.
http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/03/u-s-pesticide-approval-process-grievously-flawed/
+++ WATCH +++
EXCELLENT SHORT VIDEO ON THE EFFECTS MULTIPLE PETICIDES ARE HAVING UPON BEES - by Nature Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-fXYR9FTfM
NEW CHARGES AGAINST MONSANTO'S ROUNDUP - THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE http://sco.lt/8iHda5
EUROPE IGNORING WARNING SIGNS OF BEE DEATHS, GM NANOTECHNOLOGY DANGERS AND INDUSTRY COLLUSION U.S. http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3995419038/europe-ignoring-warning-signs-of-bee-deaths-gm-food-nanotechnology-dangers-and-industry-collusion
Bee Strawbridge: WHY IS BEE DECLINE NOT A NATIONAL EMERGENCY? http://beestrawbridge.blogspot.com/2013/02/why-is-bee-decline-not-national.html
BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS
Focusing on Wildlife, February 04, 2014
AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF BEES http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/intimate-portraits-of-bees/
BEE SHORTAGE MAY INCREASE SOME FOOD PRICES | KGET TV 17 http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/Bee-shortage-may-increase-some-food-prices/MQR93TcM5kincZPHgA3sOg.cspx
HONEY BEES ARE LOSING THEIR WAY http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3997154773/are-honeybees-losing-their-way
April 1, 2013 Yale Environment 360
TRACKING THE CAUSES OF SHARP DECLINE OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY by Richard Conniff http://e360.yale.edu/feature/tracking_the_causes_of_sharp__decline_of_the_monarch_butterfly/2634/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29
FOR MORE ON BEES, PESTICIDES
http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=bees
FOLLOW: Rooftop Permaculture http://ow.ly/jDUxg
Common Sense and critical thinking do not require a Scientific Ph.D. If these highly toxic pesticides and chemicals are destroying our biodiverity and beneficial insects, what do you think they might be doing to our human body. FEB 23, 2013 MONSANTO's "ROUNDUP" IS MORE TOXIC THAN DECLARED PROVES NEW SERALINI STUDY http://www.occupymonsanto360.org/2013/02/23/roundup-is-more-toxic-than-declared-proves-new-seralini-study/ Could they be having the same impact resulting in Alzheimer's and other neurological deficits? And what about the food we eat that have been sprayed with these poisons? And what about the honey that these poor bees produce? Is that contaminated too? Time for the big global chemical companies to take responsibility for what they're doing to our planet and we humans with little or no disclosure, regulation or oversight, like gigantic ships in the night slipping under the safety radar screen.