Obama moves to save the honey bees, targets pesticides

[Statistikhengst]

This man is frikken Insane...we have a crisis in the middle east/Iraq, our borders are being INVADED and he'S out to save a fucking bee...and they plan to spend Millions doing it...we are being HOSED by this administration and every damn government agency He is in charge of now it's a, PoLLINATOR HEALTH TASK FORCE...

SNIP:

President Obama on Friday announced plans to save endangered honey bees and other pollinators, for the first time ordering a probe into new types of pesticides that some local governments and 15 European Union nations have restricted or banned.

The long-awaited plan creates a “Pollinator Health Task Force” that has 180 days to come up with a plan to save bees, butterflies and other pollinators. The goal is to rid fields of harmful pesticides while planting food for the bugs, even on military bases an along railroad tracks. Virtually every Cabinet department will be included on the task force.

A key victory for the honey bee industry is Obama’s mention of “neonicotinoids,” a new type of pesticide product that many blame for the shocking loss of bees in the epidemic called “colony collapse disorder.”

In the six-page presidential memo, the White House singled out what it wants the Environmental Protection Agency to do:

“The Environmental Protection Agency shall assess the effect of pesticides, including neonicotinoids, on bee and other pollinator health and take action, as appropriate, to protect pollinators; engage state and tribal environmental, agricultural, and wildlife agencies in the development of state and tribal pollinator protection plans; encourage the incorporation of pollinator protection and habitat planting activities into green infrastructure and Superfund projects; and expedite review of registration applications for new products targeting pests harmful to pollinators.”

Some members of the EU voted last year to restrict the use of pesticides that include neuroactive neonicotinoid chemicals. Three are in use: clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiametoxam.

Pollinators, mostly bees, are responsible for much of what grows on farms.

In a related move, the Agriculture Department said it would spend $8 million to establish new habitats for honey bees in Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

all of it here:
Obama moves to save the honey bees, targets pesticides | WashingtonExaminer.com

Bees are pretty damned important in the Ecology of the planet......if something is fucking with them it needs to be found out....

Yepp.

 

[LoneLaugher]

This bee thing has been going on for a few years now...
Where was the O man?

Oh! He's doing the right thing....but he waited too long. Nutter handbook page 6.

 

[Rozman]

I wonder how many industries the EPA will shut down...

 

[Harry Dresden]

I guess Stephanie thinks grocery stores just magically produce food.

i dont think we would die off,but the chain reaction would be quite dire for the planet in general.

National Geo had a thing about the mysterious thing that is killing them off.....23% in this Country alone.....it is pretty serious....

 

[Rozman]

This bee thing has been going on for a few years now...
Where was the O man?

Oh! He's doing the right thing....but he waited too long. Nutter handbook page 6.

Page 8 actually....
You need to get our latest handbook...

 

[Statistikhengst]

I guess Stephanie thinks grocery stores just magically produce food.

i dont think we would die off,but the chain reaction would be quite dire for the planet in general.

National Geo had a thing about the mysterious thing that is killing them off.....23% in this Country alone.....it is pretty serious....

It is deadly serious.

 

[LoneLaugher]

I wonder how many industries the EPA will shut down...

Do you? Why?

 

[Kosh]

Anyone else get the feeling that Stephanie is a high school student or college student? Just seems very immature. Obviously doesn't comprehend how many things we need the Bee for.

Says the far left Obama drone!

i see what you did there...drone....you righties are so clever......like a bag of rocks clever.

Well I guess compared to you anyone that is not far left is a "rightie"..

Yet another Obama drone with nothing to add to other than out dated far left commentary.

 

[Silhouette]

The Right's love affair with pesticides has to be one of the weirdest fetishes ever discovered.

...well...besides the gays embracing a guy who buggered teen and minor boys on drugs for his jollies as their 'sexual icon'....

Bees experience a thing called "hive collapse" which many beekeepers cannot explain except for someone recently spraying pesticides near where they collect their pollen. They are insects and insecticides kill them. They store their pollen and make a thing called "bee bread" that they stash in their hives for lean days and just regular working days. If that pollen is laced with pesticides, an entire hive can go down very quickly.

Bees are essential for good fruit and nut production; in addition to many other crops. Healthy plants fertilized with good manures and such, watered regularly and mulched or hand weeded need few if any pesticides; particularly if they are heirloom varieties that evolved to fight off pests on their own, if well tended. I can hear the board room of Monsanto fuming as I type the words.. The use of pesticides should be so sparing as to be an emergency situation and not the everyday crop-dusting we see all the time.

Obama is right on the money on this one. Like the moon, you wont' miss bees until they're gone...and when they're gone, you go hungry...

 

[Harry Dresden]

It's a virus. A virus is causing the hive collapse.

Maybe obama just wants to spread disease. He's jealous of Africa and the way the DDT ban helped the spread of malaria.

thats only part of the problem.....

 

[Stephanie]

She kinda fucked up with the OP so now must move on to Eagles. I wonder what is after that backup that fails?

You kinda fucked up now enjoy the pats on the ass..you don't care about bees it's just because it was about OBAMA..that why you don't give a shit about the bald eagles
now you go little girl...

 

[eagle1462010]

Bees are extremely important. So if there is a problem I'd like to know what it is. Just don't play politics with this one.

Without them, our crops die and we are screwed.

 

[eagle1462010]

I wonder how many industries the EPA will shut down...

I'd rather see an independent study with ties to no one. If that is even possible anymore.

 

[Rozman]

The more people that leave the workforce the better Obama looks...
The UE rate goes down.

 

[guno]

This man is frikken Insane...we have a crisis in the middle east/Iraq, our borders are being INVADED and he'S out to save a fucking bee...and they plan to spend Millions doing it...we are being HOSED by this administration and every damn government agency He is in charge of now it's a, PoLLINATOR HEALTH TASK FORCE...

SNIP:

President Obama on Friday announced plans to save endangered honey bees and other pollinators, for the first time ordering a probe into new types of pesticides that some local governments and 15 European Union nations have restricted or banned.

The long-awaited plan creates a “Pollinator Health Task Force” that has 180 days to come up with a plan to save bees, butterflies and other pollinators. The goal is to rid fields of harmful pesticides while planting food for the bugs, even on military bases an along railroad tracks. Virtually every Cabinet department will be included on the task force.

A key victory for the honey bee industry is Obama’s mention of “neonicotinoids,” a new type of pesticide product that many blame for the shocking loss of bees in the epidemic called “colony collapse disorder.”

In the six-page presidential memo, the White House singled out what it wants the Environmental Protection Agency to do:

“The Environmental Protection Agency shall assess the effect of pesticides, including neonicotinoids, on bee and other pollinator health and take action, as appropriate, to protect pollinators; engage state and tribal environmental, agricultural, and wildlife agencies in the development of state and tribal pollinator protection plans; encourage the incorporation of pollinator protection and habitat planting activities into green infrastructure and Superfund projects; and expedite review of registration applications for new products targeting pests harmful to pollinators.”

Some members of the EU voted last year to restrict the use of pesticides that include neuroactive neonicotinoid chemicals. Three are in use: clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiametoxam.

Pollinators, mostly bees, are responsible for much of what grows on farms.

In a related move, the Agriculture Department said it would spend $8 million to establish new habitats for honey bees in Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

all of it here:
Obama moves to save the honey bees, targets pesticides | WashingtonExaminer.com

Hint, not everything is political

 

[LoneLaugher]

This bee thing has been going on for a few years now...
Where was the O man?

Oh! He's doing the right thing....but he waited too long. Nutter handbook page 6.

Page 8 actually....
You need to get our latest handbook...

Oh! That's right. Page 6 is "He's doing the right thing....but he's moving too fast". Silly me!

 

[Plasmaball]

I guess Stephanie thinks grocery stores just magically produce food.

i dont think we would die off,but the chain reaction would be quite dire for the planet in general.

National Geo had a thing about the mysterious thing that is killing them off.....23% in this Country alone.....it is pretty serious....

i put a link up, its quite a few things killing them off it seems.

 

[Rozman]

Obama sees a problem he jumps all over that shit....

 

[guno]

She kinda fucked up with the OP so now must move on to Eagles. I wonder what is after that backup that fails?

You kinda fucked up now enjoy the pats on the ass..you don't care about bees it's just because it was about OBAMA..that why you don't give a shit about the bald eagles
now you go little girl...

willfully ignorant uneducated trailer dweller

 

[Kosh]

It's a virus. A virus is causing the hive collapse.

Maybe obama just wants to spread disease. He's jealous of Africa and the way the DDT ban helped the spread of malaria.

thats only part of the problem.....

Genetically altered plants may be another one..