Comments on: Help Save the Bees

By: Nancy Addison

Nancy Addison — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 17:18:05 +0000

The USDA just released news that they will help with planting of bee friendly plants on private property. They haven’t however banned the chemicals that are destroying the bees. What a mixed message!

We need to ban the toxic chemicals and also plant the plants to help them have abundant food.

Here is the news release from the USDA- http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/newsroom/releases/?cid=NRCSEPRD405226

By: James Y Wynne

James Y Wynne — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:56:19 +0000

I think this is so important. Thank you!

By: Nancy Addison

Nancy Addison — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 00:56:27 +0000

In reply to Alison Place.

Dear Allison, Thank you so much for your generous information and time. I have edited it accordingly and added the new reference to the petition. Sincerely, Nancy

By: Alison Place

Alison Place — Sun, 31 May 2015 19:14:30 +0000

I am a biologist, and a former entomological technician. I used to work for a company that raised bumblebees for pollination, and certainly know the value of all pollinators to the environment, and humans in particular. I would very much like to sign this petition, as I agree wholeheartedly that there is good evidence that neonicotinoids have been shown to be very dangerous to bees and other beneficial insects.

However, I will not at this time because there is significant error in the text. I suspect that others have also declined to sign, for the same reason. (Unfortunately, it isn’t possible to say why one won’t sign a petition on Change.org.)

Can your petition be edited to remove the claim that “even more frightening, the “neonicotinoid plants” are beginning to breed with natural plants.”? Neonicotinoids are not incorporated into the DNA of the plants. Therefore there is no effect on the resulting seeds if the fields which neonicotinoids protect from insect pests (e.g., corn borer) then crossbreed with neighbouring related plants. What is inherited is the resistance by the target insects (e.g., Colorado potato beetle, cotton whitefly) to these neonicotinoids.

I think that you may be confusing neonicotinoid pesticides, which are toxic to animals, with the herbicide glyphosate (Round-Up). Round-Up Ready crops can (and do) hand down their glyphosate resistance to their descendants, as they are DNA-recombinant varieties.

Many thanks,
Alison

P.S. You might find this another interesting reference:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_fact-fiche/neonicotinoid/neonicotinoid-eng.php

By: Nancy Addison

Nancy Addison — Thu, 28 May 2015 15:46:35 +0000

I just received this from Barbara Dauerty · Texas A&M University–Kingsville –
“As a former beekeeper and an admirer of these insdustrious pollinators, I am deeply concerned and angry that the government and orivate industry are not doing everything in their power to halt the wholesale production and distribution of, and dependence on toxins which are pushing even native bee populations ever closer to extinction.

Use of neonicotinoids MUST be prohibited NOW, or we face agricultural catastrophe!”

By: Nancy Addison

Nancy Addison — Thu, 28 May 2015 15:40:23 +0000

I just received this response from Gloria Richmond · Northern Arizona University –
“Bees pollinate all of our fields of fruits and vegetables. Without bees where will our produce come from? Stop the production of these toxins. Imagine empty fields where crops used to grow; markets without a produce section, your table and refrigerator without food. Sound extreme? NO BEES = NO FOOD. (Cattle, sheep, chickens, and other meat sources also eat food supported by the bees responsible for pollinating those fields of hay/grains.)
If you are a vegan or vegetarian; what do you plan to eat?
We should all be concerned. Write to your legislators; let the EPA hear from you now.”

By: Nancy Addison

Nancy Addison — Mon, 18 May 2015 05:16:50 +0000

I received this response today:
Nancy,
We are a family of beekeepers and we too are very concerned for our bees. I have signed numerous petitions asking the EPA to ban all neonics. I have also signed petitions asking Home Depot, Lowes and ACE Hardware to quit selling products that contain neonics. Big AG would have us believe mites are responsible for CCD. We believe neonics, glyphosates, GMO’s are directly responsible for CCD. We think all these things should be banned or the pollinators will disappear from the face of the earth.
We have had hives die from what we believe was pesticide poisoning. Thousands of dead bees laying dead in front of the hive.
Just to let you know. In cases of CCD, you will not find dead bees around the hive. You won’t find any bees. They just leave and never come back. We believe the neonics/glyphosates/GMO’s are disrupting the bees internal GPS and they become disoriented and never make it back to the hive.
We need everyone in the world to understand the plight of this very important pollinator and the probable causes of CCD.
Jeff Fetchenhier

By: Nancy Addison

Nancy Addison — Sun, 17 May 2015 22:41:38 +0000

Look what is happening around the world! It’s so exciting. A movement toward protecting the environment and stopping the use of toxic pesticides! Bermuda- just banned round-up! http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20150511/NEWS/150519966

By: Vi Reukai

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By: Butch Cas

Butch Cas — Mon, 11 May 2015 03:34:04 +0000

wow gute Informationen danke Nancy Addison kann mir für meine Farm und meine Cousine helfen. god bless you

By: Cassy

Cassy — Mon, 04 May 2015 02:39:03 +0000

i love bees even honeybees .. <3 so nutritious .

By: Weslie D.

Weslie D. — Fri, 01 May 2015 00:25:25 +0000

no problem Nancy i just want to share some information about what i know.. and also this blog can also help me with my farm of honeybees . thank you nancy for this blog.

By: Weslie D.

Weslie D. — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 20:20:38 +0000

My Pleasure Nancy keep posting some interesting blogs this can be help to boost knowledge of us. have a good day.

By: Nancy Addison

Nancy Addison — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 21:53:16 +0000

In reply to Weslie D..

Thank you so much for that information Weslie.

By: Weslie D.

Weslie D. — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 19:34:45 +0000

Don’t use communication devices near big bee populations … they are hyper sensitive to extremely low electromagnetic frequencies

By: Richard Kemp

Richard Kemp — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:29:44 +0000

Bees and other pollinating insects play an essential role in ecosystems. A third of all our food depends on their pollination. A world without pollinators would be devastating for food production. Researchers call the mass disappearance Colony Collapse Disorder, and they estimate that nearly one-third of all honey bee colonies in the country have vanished. Although the U.S. Department of Agriculture has allotted $20 million over the next five years for research, that amount pales in comparison with the potential loss of $15 billion worth of crops that bees pollinate every year. If we don’t act now to save the honey bee, it might be too late…We believe it’s our duty to make a difference in this world. We think it should be one of our first thoughts: one that guides us throughout our lives…rk2