Film Blames Drug Company for Honey Bees Death »
Posted By Eagle_Eye 3 months, 1 week ago in NewsIn recent years, scientists have been grappling with a biological mystery: the death of honey bees throughout the world. Now a new film proposes a culprit, reports The Independent. According to Vanishing of the Bees, which will be released in Britain next month, the latest generation of pesticides is at fault. More specifically, the filmmakers pin the rap on neonicotinoid pesticides, said the paper. These compounds, many of them made by Bayer, are used widely in Britain and the U.S., although they have been banned in France.
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AnteUp3 months, 1 week ago
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I just bought "A Spring without Bees" by Michael Schacker.
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I looked in the index and Bayer is going to be part of his
study too. IMD - imidacloprid is the suspected culprit in
Colony Collapse Disease (CCD)as prposed in this 2008 book.
It seems the French suspended it's use but the Netherlands lost the battle to Bayer, and its use is continuing there.
I should get busy and read the book - bees disappearing
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Eagle_Eye3 months, 1 week ago
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Our planet and life is like a finely spun spider web, break a small thread and there is only a partial collapse of the system, break a "major" thread and the whole web falls apart.
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Humans are such a self destructive species, in hoping to improve Mother Nature they are committing genocide, just a matter of time before it comes back on them.-
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crespi3 months, 1 week ago
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(I don't like to brag, but who here on propeller presented this exact problem over 2 years ago?)
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(It's great to be correct...occasionally) : )
I'm glad it is finally getting some exposure and now maybe something can be done about it.
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vvv63vvv3 months, 1 week ago
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fta: "Everybody knows this is about the varroa mite, the nosema pest and a number of fungal and viral diseases," a Bayer spokesman told The Independent. "The healthiest bees in the world are in Australia, where they have lots of neonicotinoids but they don't have varroa."
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i was glad i thought somebody finally had a real answer to why... now it looks like it's just still finger pointing
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