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Offline flowers

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Over 30 Million Bees Found Dead In Elmwood Canada
« on: July 04, 2013, 03:58:10 pm »
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Shortly after 50,000 bees were found dead in an Oregon parking lot (read more here), a staggering 37 million bees have been found dead in Elmwood, Ontario, Canada.Dave Schuit, who runs a honey operation in Elmwood has lost 600 hives. He is pointing the finger at the insecticides known as neonicotinoids, which are manufactured by Bayer CropScience Inc.   This also comes after a recent report released by the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) that recorded its largest loss of honeybees ever. You can read more about that here.  The European Union has stepped forward, having ban multiple pesticides that have been linked to killing millions of bees. You can view the studies and read more about that here.

The loss comes after the planting of corn. Neonicotinoid pesticides are used to coat corn seed with air seeders, which result in blowing the pesticide dust into the air when planted. The death of millions of pollinators was studied by Purdue University. They discovered that Bees exhibited neurotoxic symptoms. They analyzed dead bees and found that traces of thiamethoxam/clothiandin were present

http://myscienceacademy.org/2013/07/01/over-30-million-bees-found-dead-in-elmwood-canada/


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Re: Over 30 Million Bees Found Dead In Elmwood Canada
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2013, 08:06:28 pm »
I know one thing raw honey has become insanely expensive..
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