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Create a Honey Bee Haven!

Submitted by Kevin Hansen on August 18, 2012 - 18:38

There is a wonderful new program by Pesticide Action Network that appears very helpful for bees, pollinators and habitat:

Honey Bee Haven:

http://www.honeybeehavens.com/content/honey-bee-toolkit?utm_source=actio...

Download the Honey Bee Haven Toolkit:
http://www.panna.org/sites/default/files/BeeToolkit_Reduced_0.pdf

Cheers,
Kevin

Bee-Killing Nicotine Pesticide Illegally Registered in US - One Million+ Sign Emergency Petition

Submitted by Kevin Hansen on March 24, 2012 - 17:14

A remarkable emergency petition with over one million signatures has been submitted to the USEPA requesting the withdrawal of the pesticide clothianidin - a nicotine-based systemic pesticide widely used on corn/maize. Multiple activist organizations participated, lead by major US beekeepers.

The basis of the petition is that the USEPA's legal requirements for the demonstrated safety of clothianidin were never proven - and subsequent findings have shown its damages - violating the US law FIFRA, which governs the registration process for pesticides.

A coalition of beekeepers and activists gained over one million signatures on this petition, that walks step-by-step through the reasoning behind the proposed determination of the clothianidin registration's illegality - used as the basis for the withdrawal request.

This is fantastic.

http://www.beyondpesticides.org/pollinators/CFS-Clothianidin-Petition-3-...

Please pass this link to whomever you think might benefit.

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