BBC videos and information on the importance of bees.
Presented by Chris Packham
The importance of bees
What bees do for us
Pollination and food production
The threats to honey bees
Can bees be replaced?
Where next?
BBC videos and information on the importance of bees.
Presented by Chris Packham
The importance of bees
What bees do for us
Pollination and food production
The threats to honey bees
Can bees be replaced?
Where next?
A set of web links about the effects of insecticides on bees :-
Two new studies add to the mountain of evidence that neonicotinoids are harmful to pollinators (New Scientist)
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2101308-decline-of-wild-bee-species-in-england-linked-to-pesticide-use/
Europe poised for total ban on bee-harming pesticides (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/23/europe-poised-for-total-ban-on-bee-harming-pesticides
Strongest evidence yet that neonicotinoids are killing bees (New Scientist)
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2139197-strongest-evidence-yet-that-neonicotinoids-are-killing-bees/
Would we starve without bees? (BBC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zg4dwmn
Attack of the bee killers: Documents show Bayer and Syngenta teamed up with farmers to get around bee-friendly regulation (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-lost-colonies-bees-neonicotinoids/
Controversial pesticides can decimate honey bees, large study finds (Science)
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/06/controversial-pesticides-can-decimate-honey-bees-large-study-finds
Farms could slash pesticide use without losses (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/apr/06/farms-could-slash-pesticide-use-without-losses-research-reveals
Pesticide Lobby Spends Millions To Defend Chemicals Tied To Bee Deaths (Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/pesticide-lobby-bees_n_2980870.html
We at Bee Friendly Monmouthshire love doing illustrated talks for community groups, old or young. It’s never too late or too early to start learning about the wonderful possibilities of your garden and the mystical workings of pollinators.
Email us at:- beefriendlymonmouthshire@gmail.com
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