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  1. blank hansom1975 says:

    What we really need is hedgerows to be reintroduced to the boundaries of arable land. In the 70s farmers destroyed the hedgerows to increase the crops yield (profit), and in doing so removed the habitat of the pests natural predator, therefore the farmer had to spend the extra profit on pesticides and new equipment to deploy the carcinogenic chemicals. The end result being zero net gain.

    1. blank SuffolkBoy says:

      The story is back to front. It was the French Minister of Agriculture Stéphane Le Foll who bullied the EU into enacting the ban in the first place. This was entirely a political manouevre to advance his political status and was not driven by any evidence that neonicotinoids were harming bees.

      1. Actually the french farmers revolted due to the usage of bayer products proven to be decimating the bee population.
        Due to the farmers tally, the ban was called for.
        They had to ban or face a full revolt. In other words the french gov feared for their lives.
        Plenty of topics and accounting’s on the internet, was very effective and saved the bee colonies, till now.
        Oh how we forget, so very sad.

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