Bees are still in severe decline. Even the United States finally realizes this. The concerns come mainly from the point of view of beekeepers and honey production.
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Le api I'm still in severe decline. Even the United States finally realizes this. The concerns come mainly from the point of view of beekeepers and honey production.
In this case the fear is first of all economic as well as environmental. Whatever the spring that triggered the concern for the fate of bees in the US, what matters is that starting from new data provided by usda even the United States can act for protect these very important pollinating insects.
For example, Europe has been implementing one for the last two years partial and temporary restriction of the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, which are now considered real bee killers. A step, albeit a small one that the United States has never taken despite the voice of beekeepers and citizens, who have long sided against the multinationals that produce neonicotinoid pesticides (Bayer and Syngenta, for example).
The new report on the bees delcino released in recent days by the US Department of Agriculture highlights how, from April 2014 to April 2015, therefore in just one year, beekeepers have lost about 42% of their honey bees of their hives.
In addition to the use of neonicotinoids and other pesticides, the decline of bees is associated with climate change, the loss of natural habitats and the spread of harmful parasites. According to US beekeepers, however, it is precisely the neonicotinoids that are the main culprits for the die-off of bees. In Europe EFSA confirmed the danger.
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Who will save the bees? At the moment the White House has decided to form one Task Force to study and investigate the problem and some farmers would have started to reduce the use of neonicotinoids. Will it be possible, given to manom, to finally go against the multinationals, towards the definitive ban on bee killer pesticides also in the United States? Also because as someone said .. "if the bees disappeared, humanity would have a few years of life left".
Marta Albè
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