BBC-Partial coverage of Mass Bee Deaths
CBGnetwork | 05.03.2009 21:05 | Animal Liberation | Ecology
and they are just leading us up the path.
'No proof' of bee killer theory
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7925397.stm
The campaign against the use of neonicotinoids has been going on or at least two years.
The BBC article states: "But many experts now say that the term is misleading and there is no single, new ailment killing the bees".
This could be true but German Bee keepers have carried out scientific tests on thousands of dead bees the test proved that the Bees were killed by Clothianidin
The Coalition against the Dangers of Bayer, have sued the board of directors of Bayer Cropscience,
In May 2008 the Gaurdian reported :
Germany has banned a family of pesticides that are blamed for the deaths of millions of honeybees. The German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has suspended the registration for eight pesticide seed treatment products used in rapeseed oil and sweetcorn.
The move follows reports from German beekeepers in the Baden-Württemberg region that two thirds of their bees died earlier this month following the application of a pesticide called clothianidin.
Coalition against BAYER Dangers
http://www.cbgnetwork.org/4.html
More evidence, completely overlooked by the BBC
Mass Death of Bees
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW; August 28, 2008
EPA sued after allegations Bayer pesticide killing honeybees
http://www.cbgnetwork.org/2605.html
Press Release, August 25, 2008
Coalition against BAYER Dangers (Germany)
Pesticides cause mass death of bees
Germany: Charge against Bayer´s Board of Management
http://www.cbgnetwork.org/2596.html
Aug 26, 2008, The News & Observer (Raleigh/USA)
Bayer on defensive in bee deaths
German authorities look into allegation that RTP maker's pesticide harms environment
http://www.cbgnetwork.org/2599.html
The Guardian, May 23 2008
Pesticides: Germany bans chemicals linked to honeybee devastation
http://www.cbgnetwork.org/2518.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/23/wildlife.endangeredspecies
There has been a strong campaign by environmental groups and Bee Keepers we are currently organizing a campaign in Italy and
although I am not involved in the UK but I know there are a number of active groups .
Bayer Kills Bees!
neo-nicotinoid pesticides threaten honeybees and other insects worldwide
http://www.bayer-kills-bees.com/
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Additions
More use full links a must for uninformed BBC journalists.
06.03.2009 11:18
They harp on about the now fabled "Colony Collapse Disorder" which is obviously a corporate distraction.
But they don't mention the long running campaign to ban the offending pesticides, this is easily explained by
the huge profits that companies like Bayer make from selling these poisons.
Here are some more use full links a must for uninformed BBC journalists.
Mass bee deaths - Bayer pesticides suspended
http://www.leedsbeekeepers.org.uk/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=438
Mass bee deaths tied to insecticide
http://b1ff.org/2008/08/27/235/mass-bee-deaths-tied-to-insecticide/
Mass Bee Deaths in Germany Spur Ban on Pesticides
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_12469.cfm
Germany bans the pesticide Poncho blamed for mass bee deaths.
http://greenicebergs.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/germany-bans-the-pesticide-poncho-blamed-for-mass-bee-deaths/
Bayer Faces PR Damage Over Mass Bee Deaths
http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/1000190/bayer-faces-pr-damage-over-mass-bee-deaths/
On going debate
Re: Bee Death : So, there isn't actually an actual illness or infestation that it can be blamed on...
http://members5.boardhost.com/medialens/msg/1236324284.html
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