Chemicals endanger bee families

Remember? Last year, I wrote about how crucially important bees are in ensuring Earth's ecological balance and allowing humanity to produce enough food to sustain itself. I'm sure you've noticed that due to the unusually cold and long winter, vegetable prices have been significantly higher in the recent months.

Just image what would happen if they wouldn't pollinate our crops!

70 of the 100 most important crops in the world require the work of bees to reproduce, which make up one-third of the world's food production.
That's why it's important to prevent the mass destruction of bees and for scientists to discover as soon as possible what is causing the increasingly widespread mass phenomenon across the world. They've already uncovered multiple causes: new, previously unknown diseases, an invasion of pests detrimental to multiple bee strains which are bringing them to the brink of extinction as well as climate change, increasingly extreme weather and ever-shorter springs.

We're responsible for bees

Certain chemicals used in agriculture have gained increased attention since their use can be tied to the destruction of bees. The good news is that the suspected chemicals will be used in ever fewer locations within the European Union since, based upon the recommendation of the Union Committee, they are limiting the use of neonicotinoids used as pesticides in greenhouses.

Naturally, the question remains how the governments of the individual states will interpret the recommendation, yet environmental agencies are already campaigning for the banning of the chemicals which they feel endanger not only the bees, but the entirety of the flora and fauna and even the waterways.