Save the Bees

Avaaz, a global network that opts for the planet and for the poor, is trying to "build a buzz" around the world's disappearing bee populations.  Their new petition campaign aims at a particular group of pesticides used in the U.S.  Strong independent evidence suggests that neonicotinoid pesticides disrupt the central nervous systems of bees, causing their inability to navigate back to the hive, and quite possibly explains the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), the sudden and alarming disappearance of U.S. bees which began around 2005-6. 
Here is a six and a half minute video about the EPA awareness of serious flaws in the study supporting the use of this pesticide clothianidin, yet its conditional approval has allowed its use since 2003. 

The video includes other helpful sources of information, as do the citations on the avaaz petition site.  One of the sources, an article in Business Insider magazine from October 12, 2010 notes the connection between Bayer (German company exporting large amounts of the suspicious pesticides to the US), and a key bee researcher, regarding another Bayer neonicotinoid called Imidacloprid. 

The USDA estimates bees'  value at $15 billion, extending to about 130 crops.  We need the bees, and they need us!  Not just for the fabulous sweetness of honey, but even more importantly for our entire food supply. 
Take action today.