Bees are still dying – an EU pesticide ban would be a start

Guardian: When I wrote A World Without Bees to investigate why honeybees were mysteriously disappearing across the US and parts of Europe, one of the conclusions I came to – having talked to beekeepers, scientists, farmers and pesticide manufacturers, and waded through piles of academic papers – was that we must suspend the use of some neonicotinoid pesticides until we had a better idea of what harm they may be causing our bees. The European commission has an opportunity to do just that on Friday by voting...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/14/bees-dying-eu-pesticide-ban
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