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A society of advanced apes with a penchant for destroying their environment decides that a species that is necessary for their survival is better off dead because they don't care for a weird thing called science.
The problem we have is that there's lots of us and we're pretty insatiable.
The pesticide was banned by the EU 2 years back. Is there any evidence bees numbers have resurged? I'd be happy to keep this banned, I'm just asking...
The impact of neonicotinoids on bumble bees is more in agreement. The majority of lab, semi field, and field studies report negative implications of neonicotinoids. Of four field studies investigating bumble bees [23-26], three report such effects [23, 25, 26]. These bees are about 2-3 times more sensitive than honey bees to neonicotinoid toxicity [13, 27, 28].
A society of advanced apes with a penchant for destroying their environment decides that a species that is necessary for their survival is better off dead because they don't care for a weird thing called science.
It seems like most of the problems we have as a society are because we choose expedient solutions rather than careful solutions to problems.
The pesticide was banned by the EU 2 years back. Is there any evidence bees numbers have resurged? I'd be happy to keep this banned, I'm just asking...
From the link below, at least the effect on bumble bees is clear cut: The impact of neonicotinoids on bumble bees is more in agreement. The majority of lab, semi field, and field studies report negative implications of neonicotinoids. Of four field studies investigating bumble bees [23-26], three report such effects [23, 25, 26]. These bees are about 2-3 times more sensitive than honey bees to neonicotinoid toxicity…
For example, we may have replaced neonicotinoids with massive use of something else, causing even worse problems.
My guess would be that we just don't have the data, but it's an interesting question.
This is also a consequence of Brexit and the UK aligning with the USA corporate interests.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-07/bayer-clo...
A society of advanced apes with a penchant for destroying their environment decides that a species that is necessary for their survival is better off dead because they don't care for a weird thing called science.
I don't think the UK wants the bee species dead. I think we/they just take for granted the resiliency of the environment we live in.
So let me get this right 18m is more than the cost to us from the loss of bees? Really?!
A society of advanced apes with a penchant for destroying their environment decides that a species that is necessary for their survival is better off dead because they don't care for a weird thing called science.