Honey bees need your help

Posted on Mar 14, 2009 by Susie Collins in Blog, Environment

Join the Pesticide Action Network and the Natural Resources Defense Council in urging the EPA to act decisively and quickly to protect honey bees and other pollinators from high-risk uses of the pesticide imidacloprid.

Every third bite of food we take is produced with honey bee help. They pollinate a third of our food, but bee colonies are collapsing, and their populations are plummeting because of parasites and pesticide exposures.

Take Action Now! Tell EPA to protect honey bees from a toxic pesticide.

The pesticide imidacloprid is highly toxic to honey bees. Despite EPA’s recognition of this fact, the agency approved imidacloprid’s use in 1994. France banned several uses of imidacloprid in 1999 over concerns about its effects on bees, but here in the United States imidacloprid is still used heavily on many crops pollinated by honey bees, including broccoli, blueberries, carrots, grapefruit, cucumbers and avocados.

EPA is currently undergoing a mandatory review of its approval of imidacloprid, but the agency’s work plan lacks crucial details on how it will assess risks to bees, and this review isn’t scheduled to be complete until 2014. In the meantime, high-risk uses of imidacloprid will continue to threaten honey bees.

EPA is accepting public comments on this phase of the project through March 17th.

Please email now! Tell EPA to protect honey bees that feed us all.

Join PAN and NRDC in urging EPA to act decisively and quickly to protect honey bees and other pollinators from high-risk uses of imidacloprid.

Link to submit your comment to the EPA.

Thanks, Jasmine!

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5 Responses to “Honey bees need your help”

Jeanne

14. Mar, 2009

Susie,
I just signed!
Jeanne

“If all the Bees were gone, humans would be gone within 4 years.”
–Albert Einstein

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Susie Collins

14. Mar, 2009

Yay Jeanne! We’re going to be getting a hive in the near future to put up in the back corner of our garden, very exciting! We have a good friend here on the island who has bees that produce a very rare white honey– he sells it all over the world. He’s going to help us start our hive. I can’t wait!

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Ruth

15. Mar, 2009

Hey, that’s really exciting news….a new venture for you guys!!! Keep us posted and send pictures, please!

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Jeanne

15. Mar, 2009

Susie,

That sounds exciting! My husband used to work with bees at a nature center.

Jeanne

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Mokihana

15. Mar, 2009

I have just signed that petition as well. Bees have such a vital part in life, nice reminder from Einstein, Jean. First People on the Planet teach the spiritual lessons of all creatures, here is a link to the Bee Teachings for all who would like to read the ‘reason for bee.’

I have found comfort and strength from these teachings:
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Andes/1029/bee.html

Malama na honey bees~~:(

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