57 Reasons Honeybees are in Decline

 

Polish scientists seeking to help save pollinators developed a method for testing the presence of pesticides in honeybees — and what they found should be a call to action. Scientists with the National Veterinary Research Institute in Poland, who were analyzing the presence of various pesticides in fruit, vegetables, and cereals, realized the method could be employed for testing bees. In those contaminated insects, they discovered the presence of 57 different pesticides.

“Even at very low levels, pesticides can weaken bees’ defense systems, allowing parasites or viruses to kill the colony,” explained study lead author, Tomasz Kiljanek, as Inhabitant reported. “Our results will help expand our knowledge about the influence of pesticides on honeybee health, and will provide important information for other researchers to better assess the risk connected with the mix of current used pesticides.”

“Bee health is a matter of public concern,” Kiljanek said. “Bees are considered critically important for the environment and agriculture by pollinating more than 80% of crops and wild plants in Europe. We wanted to develop a test for a large number of pesticides currently approved for use in the European Union to see what is poisoning the bees.”

Solutions are imperative, and range from individuals becoming beekeepers — as Morgan Freeman and other celebrities have done — to the construction of the world’s first ‘bumblebee highway’ in Oslo, Norway. Though the scientists’ findings are alarming, they mark a significant step toward unraveling the massive decline in pollinator populations around the world.

 

The video Monsanto is killing our bee population with pesticides shows that Monsanto is not just threatenening the bees which pollinate 80% of our foods -- but all humanity! Einstein reportedly said:
“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.”