[Pollinator] some facts you may wish to share with others interested in neonics and pollinators

[Kimberley Fellows]

Clement, I will be happy to post this on our website somewhere ... THANK
YOU for doing that -- a lot of effort.

Would you like to provide an email address as a contact?

Best regards,
KiM


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On 8 February 2015 at 21:11, Clement Kent <clementfkent at gmail.com> wrote:

> People not living in Ontario, Canada may not know that the provincial
> government has proposed banning neonicotinoid-treated corn and soy seed.
> Coincident with a period of public comment on the proposed ban, full page
> ads purporting to be from farmers groups but paid for by agro-chem
> companies appeared in most Ontario newspapers. The ads claimed everything
> was fine for bees in Ontario and that there was no proof of harm to
> pollinators by neonics.
>
> I was one of a number of people who tried to correct the record. Attached
> to this message is a summary I did of the timeline of neonic introduction
> and honey bee colony and honey production losses. I also analyzed some
> studies paid for by Bayer which claimed no harm to bees from neonics. The
> Ontario Beekeepers Association (OBA) has published this summary to their
> members, and I offer it to any other group wishing to pass it along to
> members or the public. If you use the article as-is, no permission is
> required to republish; if you want to shorten it let me see the edited copy
> before publishing, please.
>
>  Clement Kent
>
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