The European Commission will ban the killing of bees!
Ban the killing of the bees
How Guardian writes, part of the members of the European Commission,
concerned about a dramatic decline in the bee population, have drafted legislation that would completely ban the use of pesticides that are risky for bees. The ban could come into force this year if approved by the European Parliament.
Bees are responsible for spraying even 85% of the crop on the planet. In recent decades forgets to this vital role of bees in the agro-industry. By using more and more pesticides, so that the plants were protected from other types of insects that attack them, the bees are on the verge of extinction.
Bee
The battle is waged between those who want to keep the use of pesticides because they believe that this is the only way to protect crops and those who believe that the bees at all costs, must protect.
“The amount of scientific evidence on the toxicity of these insecticides is so high that there is no way these chemicals should remain on the market,” said Martin Dermine, at Pesticide Action Network Europe.
What are Neonicotinoids?
In 2013. the European Commission has imposed a temporary ban on the use of neonicotinoids, a pesticide that has been charged with the real harm to the bees. Neonicotinoids are charged for huge losses in the number of queen bees produced and big rises in the numbers of “disappeared” bees – those that fail to return from foraging trips. Special three types of this pesticide: thiamethoxam, clothianidin, and imidacloprid – posed an unacceptable risk to bees.
Although it has not been officially designated as the main culprit for the dying bee, detailed study results are expected soon. If this proves to be true, it is very likely that the European Commission proposal to be approved and will be put on the ban of the pesticide Binding.
Using of neonicotinoids
Political decision or real threat?
One of represents pesticide makers in the UK, Sarah Mukherjee, from Crop Protection Association, said: “We are disappointed with this [EC] proposal, which seems more of a political judgment than sound science.”
According to UN food and pollution experts, global corporations that manufacture pesticides
“systematic denial of harms”, use “aggressive, unethical marketing tactics” and heavy lobbying of governments. Reports presented this march to the UN human rights council says that pesticides have “catastrophic impacts on the environment, human health, and society as a whole”.
More than that, a report said: “Chronic human exposure to pesticides has been linked to cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, hormone disruption, developmental disorders, and sterility.”
Dead bee
But, the chemical industry has warned that a ban on neonicotinoids would lead to the return of older, more harmful pesticides as in spray-based pesticides (pyrethroids). They say such alternatives could harm bees, soil-dwelling insects, and spiders, and lead to higher genetic resistance to pesticides among crop-eating insects.
“We are much less concerned about pyrethroids than neonicotinoids. Neonicotinoids have a higher persistence in the environment, and are generally a more toxic option.” – said chief executive from charity Buglife, Matt Shardlow.
Are pesticides deserving of the world’s global environmental catastrophe remains still to be discovered?
What is your opinion? Do you need to prohibit the use of certain pesticides or there are other ways to keep bees?
Hi Jelena. I know very well how decline in bees population is affecting people, and of course the whole planet as well. Recently my best friend had to close his activity in Northern Italy after more than 20 years, because of bees being killed, and to be fair also due to cheaper honey of lower quality coming from Asia, which is becoming more and more popular (but this is another story). Whatever is killing the bees, a hope a solution will be found soon.
Hi Sergio,
I’m sorry about your friend. I hope that the different legal regulations prevent the killing of bees, but also to begin to distinguish between the real raw organic honey and fake honey that is mainly found on the shelves in stores.
This matter disturbs me to no end. There’s far too much at stake if we lose our bee population – no bees, no plants. No plants, no humans. It’s a scary situation and I’m afraid if politicians don’t do something to protect the bees there will be a major disaster.
I fully agree with you, Shirey! Unfortunately, we live in a time when money and interests have a greater impact than common sense. It is good that some cities and states are the entrance to a bee protection program.
Ive never heard of something so ridiculous in my life. Why ban bees! Its common sense that we protect them, without them we are screwed! I was really interested in this article!
Thanks, Scott, we need to forward this information to continue, to make people aware that we are on the threshold of really large agro-industrial crisis.
Hi Jelena, i find it tragic what happens with bees. I don’t know why anyone should kill bees. They don’t harm anybody and on top of that they are very good for our ecosystem.
The benefits from them and the work they do just to maintain they’re hive it’s just too hard to explain and we really should treat them with respect. Thank you for doing this, you’ve got my consideration !
Thank you Nicu.
Bees are dying because they use strong pesticides to kill insects that damage plants. Unfortunately, these same pesticides are deadly for bees. There is a discussion whether the plant survived if pesticides are abolished. On the other hand, if spraying continues on this scale, the question is whether the bees survive.
I am so glad I came across your posting on the issue of all of this pesticide and the killing of bees. This is an alarming issue that people do not have any idea of what happens with the issue of killing bees and the importance of the food chain. My city in the United States is working on setting up flower gardens where bees can populate.
Thanks for the information, I will certainly bring this to the attention of our garden group.
Angela
Thank you so much, Angela.
Definitely need to transmit this information, because it does not concern only bee keepers, and applies not only to the production of honey. Bees are pollinating 75-80% of the food we eat, and this is a matter of survival and the production of the healthy food we eat.