A Spring Without Bees - How Colony Collapse Disorder Endangers our Food Supply - by Michael Schacker
     

PLAN BEE SPECIAL REPORT

Michael Schacker, the author of A Spring Without Bees, How colony collapse disorder has endangered our food supply goes beyond showing the causes of CCD, the major reason for massive bee die-offs. The author envisions a way to bring the public together in an action plan to save the bees and to save us from possible environmental collapse. He calls it Plan Bee.

Plan Bee, Chapter Fifteen of the book, will delight the nonscientific reader with easy-to-follow, simple but detailed ways to stop colony collapse disorder, bring back the bees and develop a sustainable future for the planet.

Here are some of the highlights of Plan Bee:

  • ACT NOW. Ban or suspend use of imidacloprid (IMD), neonicotinoid pesticides and all neurotoxic chemicals on food crops and turf based on the evidence we already have. It is better to error on the side of caution than to unwittingly do irreversible harm to the environment or to endanger our food supply.

  • End the abuse of the temporary or emergency exemptions for toxic chemicals of all kinds, particularly the neonicotinoids and all neurotoxic chemicals.

  • Though more CCD research is needed, do not accept government stalling to have more research done before action is taken. Independent scientific research already exists that proves these chemicals are a very real danger to bees and will ultimately have a huge impact on our food supply.

  • Biological controls and natural insecticides have already been proven to be effective solutions for the problems these toxic chemicals are now being used for. Change to organic farming, gardening and landscaping methods. Fund more research to improve biological controls and organic methods.

  • Organize a global coalition of beekeepers, environmentalists and consumers

  • Participate in a global awareness campaign on IMD, Fipronil and other neurotoxic pesticides.

  • Enact legislation to bail out the beekeepers who are going bankrupt and need to replace their hives. Contact your senators and representatives.

  • Enforce the regulations already on the books. Demand that the FDA and EPA follow their own guidelines.

  • Pass local bans on pesticides on lawns. Press for neighborhood pesticide application requirements.

  • Form neighborhood organic lawn associations and Save The Bee groups

  • Go organic in your lawns and gardens. Learn the names of IMD and Fipronil products. If not sure, read label ingredients.

  • Come together at PlanBeeCentral.com blog to join with others in the movement to save the bees and end toxic poisons usage and dependence.

    • To find out about the extensive research this plan is based upon, read the book, A Spring Without Bees by Michael Schacker. Also, if interested in any one of these areas of Plan Bee, you can find more details and information in the book, A Spring Without Bees or by contacting us. Thank you!


 

  
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