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Sun, 13 Apr 2014 23:22:37 +0100
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http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/04/11/Bees-doing-just-fine-fi
nds-EU-but-continues-to-ban-the-pesticide-which-didn-t-harm-them

My understanding is that it has now been shown beyond any doubt that
neonicotinoids do harm bumblebees and solitary bees (what about all the
other insects that no-one has yet investigated???).  This report is a best a
half-truth, e.g. it claims that it was the winter of 2012-13 that was the
problem: NO! it was the summer and autumn of 2012 that caused the problem -
so wet that there was practically no pollen in hives, colonies remained
weak, queens did not mate properly, no young bees to overwinter.

Honeybees may be able to do well in spite of these pesticides if other
factors are favourable e.g. the weather, but the jury must still be out on
what damage is really being done. 

Best wishes

Peter 
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W

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