Why is Bee Decline Not a National Emergency?

'I'm beginning to wonder just what in the world bees need to do to grab the attention of the media and the public the way other issues are grabbing them?

Next Monday, 25th February 2013, EU member states will vote on whether or not to restrict the use of neonicotinoid insecticides on certain flowering crops throughout Europe. The results of this vote are of ENORMOUS consequence. We're talking here about nothing short of mass extinction if our already depleted pollinator population is not protected, at the very least, from being poisoned by insecticides. It's not as if we haven't already pushed them to the brink by destroying and degrading their habitat.'


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