[ExI] UK Beekeepers stage pesticides protest in London

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Fri Apr 26 17:23:37 UTC 2013


Beekeepers and their supporters have gathered in Parliament Square to
urge the Government to support an EU-wide ban on certain pesticides.
<http://news.uk.msn.com/beekeepers-stage-pesticides-protest-1>

One of the protesters, biological research graduate Robert Mitton, 28,
from Ealing, west London, said: "They started using these pesticides
in the 90s. Since then there has been a rapid decline in the abundance
and diversity of bee species globally.

"There is a mounting body of scientific evidence that these pesticides
are having sub lethal effects and in effect making the bees sick. They
can make them forget things, such as which flowers are rewarding to
them, and impair their ability to reproduce, affecting their long-term
survival."
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BillK



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