Organic bee farms not reporting colony collapse... ?

no caste · 11-25-2009, 03:50 AM

Check this article and one of the comments:

Why honeybees are falling through the cracks
...Each year, 2.3 billion kilograms of insecticides are applied globally. Many of them are neonicitinoids, a nerve poison that prevents acetylcholine from allowing neurons to communicate with each other and with muscle tissue. In humans, it would trigger Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. One neonicitinoid, called imidacloprid, was blamed for the deaths of millions of bees in France and eventually banned there, but it's still used widely in North America.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1368714/

COMMENT IN THE ARTICLE: "I'm on an organic beekeeping list of about 1,000 people, mostly Americans, and no one in the organic beekeeping world, including commercial beekeepers, is reporting colony collapse on this list."

11-25-2009, 03:50 AM	#1
no caste Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,375	Organic bee farms not reporting colony collapse... ? Check this article and one of the comments: Why honeybees are falling through the cracks ...Each year, 2.3 billion kilograms of insecticides are applied globally. Many of them are neonicitinoids, a nerve poison that prevents acetylcholine from allowing neurons to communicate with each other and with muscle tissue. In humans, it would trigger Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. One neonicitinoid, called imidacloprid, was blamed for the deaths of millions of bees in France and eventually banned there, but it's still used widely in North America. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1368714/ COMMENT IN THE ARTICLE: "I'm on an organic beekeeping list of about 1,000 people, mostly Americans, and no one in the organic beekeeping world, including commercial beekeepers, is reporting colony collapse on this list." Last edited by no caste; 11-25-2009 at 05:51 AM.