Save The Bees!

Here's another request to save the bees and ask the EPA to ban clothianidin. I've received numerous e.mails with the similar request. It's an issue that's tied to the Wiki Leaks story and how our government often does not listen to the experts who have done the research and testified one way or another.

According to the article linked above,"Clothianidin is a neonicotinoid insecticide that is both persistent and systemic. Acute toxicity studies to honey bees show that clothianidin is highly toxic on both a contact and an oral basis. Although EFED does not conduct RQ based risk assessments on non-target insects, information from standard tests and field studies, as well as incident reports involving other neonicotinoids insecticides (e.g., imidacloprid) suggest the potential for long-term toxic risk to honey bees and other beneficial insects.

Neonicotinoids have come up before in a previous post and are banned in Italy because of the harmful impact they have on honeybees. The effort to ban clothianidin has gone viral.  Saving the bees maybe trendy but we gotta do something.