British Bee Keeping Association Bed With The Devil

Throughout Europe and particularly in Germany since 1994 many bee hives have collapsed in what appears to be suspicious poisoning. It's now ascertained that the agent involved is the neonicotinoids family of pesticides which includes imidacloprid and clothianidin. Imidacloprid and clothianidin are two of Bayer's most important products. The British Bee Keeping Association (BBKA) that are supposed to protect bees and the interests of bee keepers are evidently accepting large amounts of money from Bayer at around £20000 per anum since 2003 in return for endorsing and sponsoring their products. It's been pointed out that this is the equivalent of Alcoholics Anonymous taking cash from a whisky manufacturing company for endorsing their booze as being “friendly to alcoholics if consumed in the recommended dosage.

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