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Recent Blog Posts
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- Drayton beehive on display May 12, 2021
- Lockdown winter projects February 27, 2021
- Book review: Treatment Free Beekeeping, by David Heaf February 9, 2021
- Horizontal hive types January 17, 2021
- Bees Without Borders: conference report November 23, 2020
- Winter is coming November 7, 2020
- Winter survival surveys show ‘treatment-free’ works August 5, 2020
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- Book Review – Interviews with Beekeepers by Steve Donohoe July 1, 2020
Tag Archives: EU
So you believe the Science? Don’t believe everything you hear and read.
I received a newsletter courtesy of a friend in the US relating to a chemical called Atrazine. Now don’t worry too much about that unless you holiday in the US. This chemical is a weedkiller and it is banned in … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Honey, Newspaper articles, Pesticides, Research, Uncategorized
Tagged chemicals, corruption, ecological damage, environmental pollution, environmental science, EU, government, law, legislation, lobbyists, Neonicotinoids, Precautionary Principle, US, water quality, weedkillers
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If ever there was a need for the Law of Ecocide this is it.
All I will say is after reading the Financial Times comment by the same science minister and then this claptrap I am of the opinion that none of them can be trusted to protect the environment and ultimately us. Read … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayer, BBKA, Bees, CCD, corporations, EU, Neonicotinoids, NFU, Syngenta
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Studies show no link between insecticide and bee health
Bee health has become a hot topic regardless as to whether your a natural beekeeper or one of the BBKA variety of beekeepers armed with all manner of potions and plans. However when the very same organisations that we all … Continue reading
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Tagged CCD, EU, FERA, insecticides, Neonicotinoids, pollinators
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