Trump administration reverses ban on bee-harming pesticides in wildlife refuges
Environmentalists warn reversal of policy could pose threat to 'most vital and vulnerable species'
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...lation-decline-wildlife-refuges-a8477631.html
I love all of those as well, but without bees, we’re in really big trouble.Outstanding.
Bees are within my top five favorite insects, somewhere behind butterflies, dragonflies, lady bugs, and fireflies.
While the Trump family is more well known for murdering elephants and giraffes, I personally am even more considered with the Trump assault on the beleaguered bees. My environmental cause for 2018? Save the Bees!
Bees are essential to food production and the American agriculture industry.
Unexplained hive failure worldwide is not a laughing matter.
We are already in big trouble.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/31/france-first-ban-five-pesticides-killing-bees/France becomes first country in Europe to ban all five pesticides killing bees
France will take a radical step towards protecting its dwindling bee population on Saturday by becoming the first country in Europe to ban all five pesticides researchers believe are killing off the insects.
The move to ban the five so-called neonicotinoids has been hailed by beekeepers and environmentalists, but cereal and sugar beet farmers warn it could leave them all but defenceless in protecting valuable crops against other harmful insects.
I love all of those as well, but without bees, we’re in really big trouble.