{"id":14992,"date":"2013-06-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honeybeehaven.org\/2013\/06\/17\/epa-follow-the-science-protect-bees\/"},"modified":"2013-06-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T00:00:00","slug":"epa-follow-the-science-protect-bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honeybeehaven.org\/epa-follow-the-science-protect-bees\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA, follow the science &#038; protect bees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.39758092899691944\" style=\"font-size: 12px; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Great news for bees! In a historic vote, the European Union (EU) passed a continent-wide restriction on the use of bee-harming pesticides. Despite immense pressure from the pesticide industry, a majority of EU countries sided with bees.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p><p><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.39758092899691944\" style=\"font-size: 12px; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Here in the U.S., policymakers have yet to step up. And with beekeepers in this country reporting record-breaking bee losses this year \u2014 up to 40% or more \u2014 action to protect honey bees is more urgent than ever.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p><p><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.39758092899691944\" style=\"font-size: 12px; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Bees have been dying off in droves in the U.S. since 2006. And a growing body of scientific evidence points to neonicotinoid pesticides as a key contributing factor \u2014<\/span><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.39758092899691944\" style=\"font-size: 12px; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.39758092899691944\" style=\"font-size: 12px; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"> along with pathogens and habitat loss<\/span>. <\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/action.panna.org\/p\/dia\/action\/public\/?action_KEY=13289\"><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.39758092899691944\" style=\"font-size: 12px; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><strong>Tell EPA it&#8217;s time to follow the science and protect bees!<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/action.panna.org\/p\/dia\/action\/public\/?action_KEY=13289\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Take Action\" src=\"..\/..\/sites\/default\/files\/user1\/take_action_button.png\" style=\"width: 133px; height: 54px; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px; float: right;\"><\/a><\/p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great news for bees! In a historic vote, the European Union (EU) passed a continent-wide restriction on the use of bee-harming pesticides. 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