Protect Our Bees

Please have a look at this when you get two minutes:

https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/protect-our-bees

It just took me two minutes to email my MP to demand they protect our bees.

British bees are dying. This week new evidence came out proving harmful pesticides pose a real danger to our bees, but so far the government have refused to ban them. This could be enough to force the government into bringing in this vital ban, but we need to act now.

Please e-mail your MP too, by clicking here. It only takes two minutes and it will help to make sure that the government reviews its decision and protects our bees.

Despite the fact that I am a landscape gardener as many of you know, I dont want all of the pesticides banned as I relise the huge value they have to farmers and gardeners. however without our bees many plants will not be able to reproduce, which will cause a longer term damage to our own food chain and also to the climate. This is something we will be promoting and following in the coming months. Finding a balance between chemicals and nature is key to this campaign. Im sure many of you will disagree with me in your comments below particularly those of you who have done your spraying tickets and earn decent money from it. However if you do agree with me that bees are worth keeping please sign the petiton

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https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/protect-our-bees

Thanks For Your Help!

Graham

Not at all - lack of awareness would be far more catastrophic than this - and for that the more people that sign the petition the better - shows people are aware of the issue, and hopefully leads to action being taken.

Graham Griffiths said:

I totally agree David!

My point is to make people aware of it, Im not a massive environmental fanatic, and i certainly cant make people sign the petiton. I too would like to see alternative measures and development of other chemicals, that are less harmful - I think there are many ways of looking at to be fair. I appreciate my post above is a petiton for a ban and in hidsight you may be correct in what you say and maybe LJN was not the place to post it, I appologise if this is the case, and I am not on here to cause grief to anyone or anyones free thinking!

Replies

David Cox January 23, 2013 at 10:58am

I support this in principle - Just please please dont let it become another political/blind bashing campaign.
Its already rather one sided asking for a ban - when simple restrictions on the use of some chemicals at certain times of the year could achieve a) a shift to other chemicals and b) a reduction in use... thus preserving useful chemicals in our arsenal for future use - but reducing the collateral damage they currently cause.
Graham Griffiths January 23, 2013 at 11:15am

I totally agree David!

My point is to make people aware of it, Im not a massive environmental fanatic, and i certainly cant make people sign the petiton. I too would like to see alternative measures and development of other chemicals, that are less harmful - I think there are many ways of looking at to be fair. I appreciate my post above is a petiton for a ban and in hidsight you may be correct in what you say and maybe LJN was not the place to post it, I appologise if this is the case, and I am not on here to cause grief to anyone or anyones free thinking!
David Cox January 23, 2013 at 11:25am

Not at all - lack of awareness would be far more catastrophic than this - and for that the more people that sign the petition the better - shows people are aware of the issue, and hopefully leads to action being taken.

Graham Griffiths said:

I totally agree David!

My point is to make people aware of it, Im not a massive environmental fanatic, and i certainly cant make people sign the petiton. I too would like to see alternative measures and development of other chemicals, that are less harmful - I think there are many ways of looking at to be fair. I appreciate my post above is a petiton for a ban and in hidsight you may be correct in what you say and maybe LJN was not the place to post it, I appologise if this is the case, and I am not on here to cause grief to anyone or anyones free thinking!
John Baker January 23, 2013 at 1:16pm

I now have two customers fairly unsuccessfully beekeeping. Among other things they want me to encourage clover in their lawn and I have tried a few things over the last year or two.
Anybody got any advice or recommendations on best way to encourage white clover in particular? (Red clover is not much use to honey bees as their proboscis or something is not long enough to reach the nectar)
Jen@A&J Owenwindows&gardens January 23, 2013 at 2:31pm

Signed petition.
John, I think that white clover flourishes in high ph/low nitrogen conditions. Organic gardening sites may be useful to find out more. Our lawn is covered in it, we only cut the lawn on a high setting, which seems to allow it to flourish!