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The Ontario Beekeepers' Association - working to ensure a thriving and sustainable beekeeping industry in Ontario.
Ontario Canada Earth
Joined December 2012
Ontario beekeepers take strong stand with Feds. #neonics @OntarioBee
nationalobserver.com
The federal government should move ahead with a proposed ban of a bee-killing pesticide immediately, an organization representing Ontario’s beekeepers says.
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My new blog "On neonicotinoids and impartiality in scientific research" might be of interest to some:
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EPA Finalizes Steps to Better Protect Bees from Pesticides
epa.gov
EPA Finalizes Steps to Better Protect Bees from Pesticides
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OBA responds to Health Canada's proposal to treat honey the same as corn syrup and refined sugar.
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Dear @BarackObama we'll miss you & so will the #whitehousebees what beecomes of the apiary?@BeekeepingON @OntarioBee @WWF
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Modern agriculture cultivates climate change – we must nurture biodiversity https://t.co/e18dDKC94P via @guardian
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A man catching bees in a bag. 🎨 British Library, Stowe MS 17, Folio 148r, 14th century.
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US declares rusty patched bumblebee endangered. Population, range estimated down by 87% over 20 yrs. Classified at risk by Ontario in 2010.
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@OntarioBee Health Canada proposes exemptions to packages of sugar & salt (e.g. sugar, brown sugar, table salt). Same should apply to honey
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Is honey the same as refined sugar? Govt. recommended changes to front-of-package label treats honey like sugar.
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"We can't afford to lose any more bees." Why they're dying and what you can do to help: http://t.co/wQVOSskpdh
ted.com
Honeybees have thrived for 50 million years, each colony 40 to 50,000 individuals coordinated in amazing harmony. So why, seven years ago, did colonies start dying en masse? Marla Spivak reveals four...
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Bees in @fortyork's apiaries have died after vandals damaged two hives and stole honey
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Learn why integrating health impact assessments into the Federal Environmental Assessment processes is necessary.
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#Neonic #pesticides must be banned on #wheat too. Our report, w/ alternative solutions, launched at #ORFC17
https://t.co/xd7a2J2D9D
#bees
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