Saving Bees!

I'm straight copy and pasting from Sussex Wildlife Trust:

We need to end the use of bee-killing pesticides! But the UK Government has authorised their use on crops across England, just weeks after passing the new Environment Act. This catastrophic decision:

> Ignores the 100,000 people who appealed to the Prime Minister to reverse the same decision last year

> Disregards the advice of health and safety experts

> Undermines legal-binding commitments to nature in the Environment Act

We’ve made a simple form to allow you to tweet your MP asking them to say #NoToNeonics in Parliament – and call on the Government to reverse this decision: https://wtru.st/neonics-tweet-MP

As a member, I support this effort to save our bees...

If you'd like to know more about the Sussex Wildlife Trust see their website, or nationally, The Wildlife Trusts website.

Save our Bees - Pesticides Damaging Wildlife!

 

I have received an email from the Sussex Wildlife Trust, which I am a member of, that is encouraging people to take part in influencing the Government's consultation for a National Action Plan to "reduce the risks of pesticide use" (website). Go to the website to have your say about how bees and other pollinating insects are in danger from the use of pesticides, notably neonicotinoid thiamethoxam, which is banned across Europe. But the use of this pesticide has been authorised recently by the current Environment Secretary, George Eustice, for the treatment of sugar beet seed, despite the then Environment Secretary in 2017, Michael Gove, agreeing with the EU, and promising to maintain the restriction of neonicotinoids use.

In addition, The Wildlife Trusts have organised a petition calling on the Prime Minister to overturn Eustice's "decision to allow bee-killing pesticides." More about this at the Sussex Wildlife Trust website, and you can sign the petition at The Wildlife Trusts website. Let's protect our wildlife please folks!