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

[Clement Kent]

Please use clementfkent at gmail.com

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Kimberley Fellows <
kimberley.fellows at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>
> *K i m b e r l e y   F e l l o w s*
> Pollination Outreach Coordinator
> Pollination Canada <http://www.pollinationcanada.ca/> Seeds of Diversity
> <http://www.seeds.ca/en.php>
> [image:
> http://www.fooddowntheroad.ca/content/introducing-bee-friendly-farming]
> <http://www.fooddowntheroad.ca/content/introducing-bee-friendly-farming>
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>             [image: http://www.seeds.ca/pollination]
> <http://www.seeds.ca/pollination>   [image:
> https://twitter.com/Seeds_Diversity] <https://twitter.com/Seeds_Diversity>
>   <http://pfspbees.org/>   [image:
> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seeds-of-Diversity-Canada/44285486714]
> <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seeds-of-Diversity-Canada/44285486714>
> <http://www.seeds.ca/>[image: http://www.seeds.ca/] <http://www.seeds.ca/>
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> <http://www.fooddowntheroad.ca/content/introducing-bee-friendly-farming>
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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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