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Looking more and more like pesticides are the main culprit.

"Neonicotinoid pesticides are a huge risk – so ban is welcome, says EEA"

"The European Commission has decided to ban three neonicotinoid insecticides. These chemicals can harm honeybees, according to a large body of scientific evidence, so the European Environment Agency (EEA) commends the precautionary decision to ban them."

http://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/neonicotinoid-pesticides-are-a-huge

1 posted on 07/03/2013 6:37:49 PM PDT by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer; Squawk 8888

Damn. Without honeybees, agriculture is toast.


2 posted on 07/03/2013 6:39:27 PM PDT by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: chessplayer

I’d hate to be the guy who had to draw all those chalk outlines.


3 posted on 07/03/2013 6:41:30 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: chessplayer

“The Plight of the Honeybee”

“Billions of dollars—and a way of life—ride on saving pollinators.”

“Bees are back in the news this spring, if not back in fields pollinating this summer’s crops. The European Union (EU) has announced that it will ban, for two years, the use of neonicotinoids, the much-maligned pesticide group often fingered in honeybee declines. The U.S. hasn’t followed suit, though this year a group of beekeepers and environmental and consumer groups sued the EPA for not doing enough to protect bees from the pesticide onslaught.”

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130510-honeybee-bee-science-european-union-pesticides-colony-collapse-epa-science/


5 posted on 07/03/2013 6:52:03 PM PDT by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer
one BS thing in the article, right at the en he switches from Bayer to blaming Monsanto, far as a know Monsanto isn't involved. fact, Monsanto has a pretty interesting bio tech co that is focused on bee health, see link. also it has some really good stuff on bees, how they navigate, etc.

http://www.beeologics.com/bees-and-beekeeping/communication-and-navigation/

6 posted on 07/03/2013 6:53:21 PM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: chessplayer

“I was nowhere NEAR Elmwood!”


8 posted on 07/03/2013 6:58:50 PM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: chessplayer; Clive; exg; Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; Byron_the_Aussie; ...
Thanks dynachrome.

To all- please ping me to Canadian topics.

Canada Ping!

16 posted on 07/03/2013 7:38:09 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
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To: chessplayer

Here is a better more informative article with specific information:

http://www.inquisitr.com/828732/millions-of-honeybees-found-dead-report/

I really suggest dropping myscienceacademy.org as an information source. Their article is propagandistic with several factual distortions. Sad that they are misinforming children on science.


18 posted on 07/03/2013 7:45:10 PM PDT by Valpal1 (If the police can t solve a problem with brute force, they ll find a way to fix it with brute force)
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To: chessplayer

19 posted on 07/03/2013 7:53:32 PM PDT by Gamecock ("Ultimately, Jesus died to save us from the wrath of God." —R.C. Sproul)
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To: chessplayer

Do not eat the Canadian corn.


21 posted on 07/03/2013 8:54:13 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant
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