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Pesticides not a serious threat to bees - Defra

2 November 2009 | By William Surman

DEFRA has angered anti-pesticide campaigners after it claimed chemical
sprays were not to blame for the sharp decline in British bee numbers.

During parliamentary questions last week, the Department also defended the
use of public money to investigate the health of bees in a jointly funded
research project with the pesticide manufacturers Syngenta.

Bees contribute up to £200 million to the agricultural economy every year,
mainly through crop pollination and honey production, but a combination of
disease, a changing climate and poor bee husbandry has led to a 15 per cent
decline in their numbers in just two years.

This has lead to a flurry of research projects from Defra, worth over £4
million, to arrest the decline but critics argue the threat of pesticides is
being ignored.
Dan Norris, Defra minister, told MPs in the House o...

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