We have already lost a huge population of bees in Canada and the beekeepers say this year is worse. I say "we" because this loss of bee population is important to all of us. Conservative, Liberal, NDP or Green, SIGN the petition to ban this pesticide that is killing our pollinators.Without pollinating insects, many of or crops will not bear fruit ...
"Pollinators, including honeybees, are a central element of our food system and a critical pillar of our ecology. While the impact of honeybees extends far beyond the pollination of commercial agricultural crops, the monetary value of just this service is estimated to be in the hundreds of billions of dollars globally each year.
In the past decade, extreme declines in bee populations have been measured across North America and throughout Europe, prompting widespread concern from citizens, scientists, and many governments.
While many theories have been put forward for this collapse of the bee population, one of the most likely is a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids, which attack insects’ central nervous systems causing paralysis and death, and have proven very harmful in sub-lethal quantities."
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