I equally received the "petition" several times, mainly thru commercial
channels(!). Like Lloyd I did not respond positively. I am glad with the
scientific opinion of EFSA (http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/scdocs/doc/1821.pdf),
where (amongst others) honeybees get back their function as a symptom
indicator of the quality of the landscape. A function they lost several
decades ago: I am glad that the Law intends to resume the initiative what
safety net we will rely on and no longer bio-technical engineers, that
developed smoke screens like "crop protection" for the sake of making money.

Geert Van Eizenga

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Lloyd Spear <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I am one of those who received the 'petition' that Stephen Rice mentioned.
> However, I am not one of those who positively responded.
>
> I did respond that the sheer volume of web references 'did not make it
> necessarily so' and, in fact, the petition mostly or wholly consisted of
> half-truths and propaganda.  A shame that our wonderful honey bees are
> being
> used for nefarious agendas and purposes.
>
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