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["John D'hondt" <dhondt@eircom.net>]

I think that seed grain is routinely drenched with neotics these days. And 
as far as I could see the article had plenty references to bee mortality and 
pesticides.
30 years ago wood pigeons were extremely plentiful here and at times a 
terrible pest that denuded our garden in half an hour. Then a neighbor 
planted 10 acres of treated barley and within a week the wood pigeon 
population collapsed. It has still not recovered to this day.
Pesticides do get around.
John

> Let me say first that I hate GMOs and I am very concerned about honeybees 
> in particular and pollinators in general. And I think neonics should be 
> banned yesterday.
>
> But how could the planting of a wind-pollinated crop cause such massive 
> bee die-off? Further, it is not clear in the article that the crop was 
> even mature enough (what does a few weeks mean?) to even be releasing 
> pollen.
>
> Was the field sprayed with neonics? If so, the fact that the field was 
> planted with GMOs has no bearing, unless neonics are only applied to GMO 
> corn, which I do not believe to be the case. But the article does not say 
> that any kind of pesticide was applied to this field.
>
> In short, this is a very poorly written article. Now the world is full of 
> those, but I hate to see permies inflict on themselves a reputation of 
> fuzzy thinking.
>
>
> Jacque
>
>
>
>
> > On Nov 8, 2014, at 8:35 AM, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > 37 Million Bees Found Dead In Ontario, Canada After Planting Large GMO 
> > Corn
> > Field
> > <http://organichealth.co/37-million-bees-found-dead-in-ontario-canada-after-planting-large-gmo-corn-field/>37
> > Million Bees Found Dead In Ontario, Canada After Planting Large GMO Corn
> > Field | Organic Health
> > http://organichealth.co/37-million-bees-found-dead-in-ontario-canada-after-planting-large-gmo-corn-field/
> >
> > Millions of bees dropped dead after GMO corn was planted few weeks ago in
> > Ontario, Canada. The local bee keeper, Dave Schuit who produces honey in
> > Elmwood lost about 37 million bees which are about 600 hives.
> >
> > “Once the corn started to get planted our bees died by the millions,”
> > Schuit said. While many bee keepers blame neonicotinoids, or “neonics.” 
> > for
> > colony collapse of bees and many countries in EU have banned 
> > neonicotinoid
> > class of pesticides, the US Department of Agriculture fails to ban
> > insecticides known as neonicotinoids, manufactured by Bayer CropScience 
> > Inc.
> >
> > Two of Bayer’s best-selling pesticides, Imidacloprid and Clothianidin, 
> > are
> > known to get into pollen and nectar, and can damage beneficial insects 
> > such
> > as bees. The marketing of these drugs also coincided with the occurrence 
> > of
> > large-scale bee deaths in many European countries and the United States.
> >
> > Nathan Carey another local farmer says that this spring he noticed that
> > there were not enough bees on his farm and he believes that there is a
> > strong correlation between the disappearance of bees and insecticide use.
> >
> > In the past, many scientists have struggled to find the exact cause of 
> > the
> > massive die-offs, a phenomenon they refer to as “colony collapse 
> >  disorder”
> > (CCD). In the United States, for seven consecutive years, honeybees are 
> > in
> > terminal decline.
> >
> > US scientists have found 121 different pesticides in samples of bees, wax
> > and pollen, lending credence to the notion that pesticides are a key
> > problem. “We believe that some subtle interactions between nutrition,
> > pesticide exposure and other stressors are converging to kill colonies,”
> > said Jeffery Pettis, of the ARS’s bee research laboratory.
> >
> > The collapse in the global honeybee population is a major threat to 
> > crops.
> > It is estimated that a third of everything we eat depends upon honeybee
> > pollination, which means that bees contribute over 30 billion to the 
> > global
> > economy.
> >
> > A new study published in the Journal Proceedings of the National Academy 
> > of
> > Sciences revealed that neonicotinoid pesticides kill honeybees by 
> > damaging
> > their immune system and making them unable to fight diseases and 
> > bacteria.
> >
> > After reporting large losses of bees after exposure to Imidacloprid, 
> > banned
> > it for use on corn and sunflowers, despite protests by Bayer. In another
> > smart move, France also rejected Bayer’s application for Clothianidin, 
> > and
> > other countries, such as Italy, have banned certain neonicotinoids as 
> > well.
> >
> > After record-breaking honeybee deaths in the UK, the European Union has
> > banned multiple pesticides, including neonicotinoid pesticides.
> >
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