There maybe a lot of Brussels bashing going on at the moment but they do do some things right – such as the precautionary restriction in 2013 of the use of neonicotinoid pesticides on crops which are attractive to bees and other pollinators. Their action was based on research …
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Polish beekeepers get Monsanto’s GM maize banned
Those of you who believe that the catastrophic collapse of so many honey bee populations is at least partly caused by GM crops and the chemicals applied to them will be greatly cheered by the success of Polish bee activists in getting GM maize banned in Poland. Agriculture …