Over 30 million bees found dead in Elmwood, Canada
http://myscienceacademy.org/2013/07/01/over-30-million-bees-found-dead-in-elmwood-canada/IShortly after 50,000 bees were found dead in an Oregon parking lot (read more here), a staggering 37 million bees have been found dead in Elmwood, Ontario, Canada.Dave Schuit, who runs a honey operation in Elmwood has lost 600 hives. He is pointing the finger at the insecticides known as neonicotinoids, which are manufactured by Bayer CropScience Inc. This also comes after a recent report released by the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) that recorded its largest loss of honeybees ever. You can read more about that here. The European Union has stepped forward, having ban multiple pesticides that have been linked to killing millions of bees. You can view the studies and read more about that here.
The loss comes after the planting of corn. Neonicotinoid pesticides are used to coat corn seed with air seeders, which result in blowing the pesticide dust into the air when planted. The death of millions of pollinators was studied by Purdue University. They discovered that Bees exhibited neurotoxic symptoms. They analyzed dead bees and found that traces of thiamethoxam/clothiandin were present in each case. The only major source of these compounds are seed treatments of field crops. You can view that study here (1).
Bee deaths are increasing exponentially. An international team of scientists led by Holland’s Utrecht University has concluded that, “large scale prophylaxic use in agriculture, their high persistence in soil and water, and their uptake by plants and translocation to flowers, neonicotinoids put pollinators at risk. This is some of the research that led to the European Unions ban of the pesticides, as mentioned and referenced earlier.
Can we really debate this much longer? The evidence shown linking pesticides to bee deaths is overwhelming. It’s not only bees, but an array of other insects as well. The last thing we need is for Monsanto to use another reason to manufacture and develop fake food! One reason that has been used for justification of GMO’s is a food shortage, and we all know how critical bees are to our food supply. There is a huge conflict of interest here, the pesticides used to spray the crops that are killing the bees are developed by biotech corporations like Monsanto.
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"No bees, no food, no people. Hello?" - B.
"... The stillness round my form
Was like the stillness in the air
Between the heaves of storm...
"...And then the windows failed, and then
I could not see to see."
- With apologies to the late Emily Dickinson
Nothing to see here. Monsanto would never do anything that would compromise the natural world.
The bees are innocent. So are all the other animals we're so intent on running off the face of the earth. It's people who suck.......
Thanks for not being one of them.
...a lot of the shitty ones. 
Hell,....everyone should get nervous about the water when we see this:
It's amazing the plutocrats don't see that they're killing their own descendants as they destroy the planet (unless they have another planet ready and waiting to move to after they've raped and pillaged this one).
What kind of planet are we living for the generations to come.
Welcome to DU 
god gave the planet earth to man and we are free to do what we want with it ....
when someone begins a sentence with God ... that is the end of all rational discussion.
that Humans have some responsibility, like a gardener tends their garden, using
"Christian Values", values that are no longer recognizable as anything having to do
with Jesus of Nazarath, values that have become woefully distorted & corrupted.
Christendom's sacred texts were written hundreds of years after Jesus was crucified,
it's all rumors & hear-say. On top of that, the Bible has been subsequently misinterpreted
many times over. Clearly, the "stewardship" meme is crap, and "Christian Values" just
so much window-dressing, which is ironically useful in "keeping up appearances".
This kind of murderous abuse to the planet, like poisoning all these bees, bees that we
ALL need to keep around, so as to not get completely sucked into an irrreversable Death
Spiral. And it may in fact already be irreversable, as Fukashima's was just a warning shot,
the tip of an iceberg of 1000s of nuclear energy plants that are becoming obsolete and less
safe as time passes, each one a potential repeat of Fukashima. Not good.
...on products containing dinotefuran. The following is from the ODA Pollinator Incident Web Page
Restrictions on Use or Application of Specific Pesticides
OAR 603-057-0386
(1) Any application, regardless of application method, of a pesticide product containing the active ingredient dinotefuran on plants is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, applications on landscape trees and shrubs, nursery and greenhouse plants, turfgrass, forests and agricultural crops.
(2) Failure to comply with section (1) above may result in one or more of the following actions:
(a) Revocation, suspension or refusal to issue or renew the license or certification of an applicant, licensee or certificate holder;
(b) Imposition of a civil penalty;
(c) Any other enforcement action authorized under any law
"Effective June 27, 2013 the Oregon Department of Agriculture is restricting the use of 18 insecticide products containing the active ingredient dinotefuran while it continues investigating two large bumblebee kills. Common trade names of products include, but are not limited to, Safari, Venom, Scorpion, and Zylam.
The temporary rule prohibits the application of dinotefuran containing products on plants, and will be in effect June 27 – December 24, 2013.
It's only for 180 days, but that covers the current crop season and gives the ODA time to do more investigation.
The link provided has other useful information including a FAQ, for example:
A. An excellent source for pesticide information is the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC). Their website address is: www.npic.orst.edu and their telephone number is: 1-800-858-7378.
11. The media is calling this a ban. Are all uses affected?
A. No. The Oregon Department of Agriculture did not ban the pesticide, dinotefuran. What we have done is restrict the use of the product, through emergency rule-making, to help protect pollinators. All applications to plants have been restricted.
There is also an email address where you can submit specific questions you might have.
As a blueberry grower (a crop which depends on bees for pollination) I am pretty happy with how the AG Department operates in Oregon. Agriculture is an important part of the Oregon economy, but we also (generally) care about our environment, health, and community.
Not so much this year. 
I've had gardens for over thirty years.
