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Should Pesticides that are detrimental to honeybees be illegal?
Should Pesticides that are detrimental to honeybees be illegal?
Yes.
List of crop plants pollinated by bees
I counted 125 of them.
A lot of food depends on honeybees.
A lot of crops that will be ravaged by other critters if anything potentially detrimental to bees is outlawed.
Then we need to find ways of killing pests without killing bees. It can be done.
I am a beekeeper, and I DON'T support the idea of making pesticides which harm them, illegal. We've been keeping bees in this country for many years now, and they aren't the cause of bee colony declines.
Should Pesticides that are detrimental to honeybees be illegal?
Then let's not ban all pesticides, as that would be unnecessary and counter productive. The neonicotinoids do need to be banned on crops pollinated by bees.It can be done without banning all pesticides. I am all for banning neonicotinoids but not things like Sevin because of the latter's utility in eliminating other crop pests. A lot depends on better practices. I don't use insecticides at all on my food crops, but I acknowledge that society is not ready for the shortages that would be caused by banning pesticides. In addition, if there is a yellow jacket nest in my yard, I do not want to have to dump gas down the hole to kill the muthas.
Probably yes, but you can't just ban a pesticide if there is no alternative for it on the market unless there is a critical reason to do so. So yes they should be illegal, but with some caveats.
Then we need to find ways of killing pests without killing bees. It can be done.
Then let's not ban all pesticides, as that would be unnecessary and counter productive. The neonicotinoids do need to be banned on crops pollinated by bees.
and what's wrong with dumping gas down a yellow jacket's nest and burning the little buggers? It's effective. Nasty creatures, yellow jackets. Step on their nest, and they attack. Quit running too soon, and you're toast.
Should Pesticides that are detrimental to honeybees be illegal?
Then let's not ban all pesticides, as that would be unnecessary and counter productive. The neonicotinoids do need to be banned on crops pollinated by bees.
and what's wrong with dumping gas down a yellow jacket's nest and burning the little buggers? It's effective. Nasty creatures, yellow jackets. Step on their nest, and they attack. Quit running too soon, and you're toast.
Have you seen those new flow hives? pretty cool stuff if they work like advertised.
I would vote "other"
Insecticides (I prefer that term because these chemicals kill all sort of insects, many of whom are beneficial, and not just pests) should be strictly regulated and only be licensed for use under extreme conditions and only when non-insecticidal methods of controling pests have been implemented but failed to prevent a large-scale infestation
Although I understand the reasoning, and I've practiced IPM for at least a couple of decades, I don't think it's practical to make this a regulatory requirment. I don't even use organic controls, and I hand-pick often. The only thing resembling a pesticide that I use, is Bt for corn earworms. The problem with the alternatives and IPM is that it is very time and labor intensive, and can become very expensive.
Although I understand the reasoning, and I've practiced IPM for at least a couple of decades, I don't think it's practical to make this a regulatory requirment. I don't even use organic controls, and I hand-pick often. The only thing resembling a pesticide that I use, is Bt for corn earworms. The problem with the alternatives and IPM is that it is very time and labor intensive, and can become very expensive.
Should Pesticides that are detrimental to honeybees be illegal?
Should they be illegal...
Well, I want to be able to eat fresh fruits and veg, so I'm going to vote yes.
Should Pesticides that are detrimental to honeybees be illegal?