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Originally Posted by Red Herring
I don't dispute the need for bees (I've two hives at the bottom of my garden) but what's your proposal for avoiding using the chemicals?
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I wish I was clever enough to answer. It seems, to me, to be one of those short sighted decisions where profit is ranked higher than sustainability. Reduced crop yield versus famines through lack of pollinators. I don't know if there are any suitable alternatives but a quick search yielded this table. Do they work, are they cheap?
https://www.savehoneybees.info/image...icotinoids.pdf
I think it's another one of those climate change kind of decisions - burning fossil fuels is a cheap way to supply energy but isn't sustainable for our survival yet one argument against fixing the problem was cost. Using an insecticide that may eradicate our essential crop pollinators with the argument against (not using them) being cost feels like deja vu.
We tend to put a price on everything except our long term future.