Bee Action Week - Get Informed

Have you heard of colony collapse?  Do you know that pesticides are the major man-made threat to bee health?  Would you like to do something to protect the bees?  First, you can learn which pesticides pose the most risk and work to eliminate their use, not only in your own garden, but by influencing chemical companies and resellers to stop making them available.

  
To learn which pesticides do the most damage, see these links:

• Pesticide Toxicity Profile: Neonicotinoid Pesticides - a publication of the University of Florida describing the negative effects this class of pesticides has on various animal species, including humans.
• Neonics in Your Garden - a consumer-oriented fact sheet from the Xerces society identifying pesticides that contain neonicotinoid chemicals by their commercial names.
• Bee Killing Pesticides Found in Garden Plants - an NBC news report citing a study from Friends of the Earth claiming that nionicotinoids used on commercially-grown plants pose a continuing threat to bees.

Groups such as Friends of the Earth, Center for Food Safety, and the Xerces Society are rallying to persuade lawmakers to ban the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. Learn more about bees, including the differences between a bee and a wasp, types of native Florida bees, and general pollinator information.