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After much effort to bring to light the inexcusable failings of the EPA tp protect the nation's top pollinator, the honey bee, we are excited to announce that a national press release came out this past week proving that the EPA knowingly approved the use of a lethal pesticide (clothianidin) that kills honeybees.

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The decline in managed bee colonies, first noticed in Europe and the U.S., is now seen in China and Japan, and there are signs of colony collapses in Egypt. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, honey-producing colonies in the U.S. have declined from 5.5 million colonies in 1950 to 2.5 million in 2007. A co-author of the report, Peter Neumann, said changes in rural areas during the past 50 years have contributed to decline of wild bees and other pollinators. Additional factors include the declines in flowering plants, the use of harmful chemicals and insecticides, the increase in air pollution and a worldwide trade system that spreads bee pathogens and pests.

The world's growing population means more bees are needed to pollinate the crops to feed more people. According to the U.N. report, of the 100 crop species that supply 90 percent of the world's food, bees pollinate more than 70 percent. Noting that humans seem to believe that they can operate independent of nature through technological innovations, Achim Steiner, the executive director of the UNEP said, "Bees underline the reality that we are more, not less dependent on nature's services in a world of close to 7 billion people."

The report calls for such measures as incentives for farmers and land owners to encourage them to restore habitats that are friendly to pollinators.

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"Human beings have fabricated the illusion that in the 21st century they have the technological prowess to be independent of nature," said Achim Steiner, the executive director of the U.N.'s environmental program. "Bees underline the reality that we are more, not less dependent on nature's services in a world of close to 7 billion people."

The bees are needed to pollinate crops that feed the world's growing population. Of the 100 crop species that provide 90 percent of the world's food, more than 70 are pollinated by bees, the U.N. report said.

12/18/08
EPA Buzz Kill: Is the Agency Hiding Colony Collapse Disorder Information?
NRDC Forced to Sue to Get Public Records on Bee Mystery

WASHINGTON, DC (August 18, 2008) – The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit today to uncover critical information that the US government is withholding about the risks posed by pesticides to honey bees. NRDC legal experts and a leading bee researcher are convinced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has evidence of connections between pesticides and the mysterious honey bee die-offs reported across the country. The phenomenon has come to be called “colony collapse disorder,” or CCD, and it is already proving to have disastrous consequences for American agriculture and the $15 billion worth of crops pollinated by bees every year. Read More

San Francisco Chronical
(08-18) 18:37 PDT -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is refusing to disclose records about a new class of pesticides that could be playing a role in the disappearance of millions of honeybees in the United States, a lawsuit filed Monday charges. Read More

What is a Bee Guardian?
One who is committed to serve and shelter the bees as a species on the planet in a time when this most valuable species is endangered. A Bee Guardian is interested, in aiding bees as a species in order to recapture their genetic vitality and diversity. Bee Guardians oversee the local environment, ensuring it to be safe for the bees.

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Iin the US , for the fourth year in a row, more than a third of colonies have failed to survive the winter since Spring 2006.

Commercial crop production has been effected in a reported 35 States. This is a highly significan and threatens not only US and global food supplies, but left unchecked, may soon prove to have devastating consequences for the delicate balance of the Biosphere itself.

As such, becoming a Bee Guardian in your community may prove critical to ensuring pollination of plants and vegetables in your local area, while safe guarding a wholesome habitat for the honey bee. Being aware and active of the issues surrounding pesticide abuse will help sustain the critical and delicate balance of our planet’s ecosystem, food chain, and Biosphere.

Take action and help combat this silent crisis, please join the growing movement of Bee Guardian’s who are becoming agents of change in communities across the nation, and around the world. Bees are the heart of the biosphere!

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Take Action Now!

Tell EPA Bayer’s bee-killing pesticide has to go. Now!

San Francisco Chronical (08-18) 18:37 PDT -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is refusing to disclose records about a new class of pesticides that could be playing a role in the disappearance of millions of honeybees in the United States, a lawsuit filed Monday charges. Read More

San Francisco Chronical
(08-18) 18:37 PDT -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is refusing to disclose records about a new class of pesticides that could be playing a role in the disappearance of millions of honeybees in the United States, a lawsuit filed Monday charges. Read More