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    Quote Originally Posted by gavin View Post
    You speak with enthusiasm for the Stromness position ZA - which is OK - and about our leader. Will I see you at Perth on Saturday? I'm assuming that you are an SBA member and a beekeeper?
    Given the zealous nature of stromnessbees and the others on this forum then I would expect they will be there. If not - what does that say about their convictions ?

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    I have found my local BBKA Association - North Staffordshire:-
    friendly to new ideas
    prepared to listen to them - ( I had an organised visit from them to see my TBHs)
    and anti pesticides.

    And pro bees.

    And with an influx of new members over the past 5 years which has totally reversed any decline in bee numbers...

    What more can I say?

    (I must therefore be the spawn of Satan and a planted fifth columnist according to some of the pro neonics lobby..)

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    I will be there clutching my red SBA membership card which may be required if it comes to a vote.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zenartisan View Post
    ... and how blissfully ignorant you describe your fellow members to be.
    Ignoring something is not the same as being ignorant.
    Kitta

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    Every football fan is a manager in their own mind! Very few are asked to prove their skills !
    We can all beat our collective breasts but I have yet to see a viable solution to the problems the ecosystems are facing and increasingly so?
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    Default Round one: Pesticides not banned yet

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    Bee-harming pesticides escape European ban


    European commission proposal to suspend the use of neonicotinoids fails to gain backing of UK and Germany

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...e-european-ban



    As far as I know there will be another chance to get the European proposal approved in about 2 months time.

    With the population of Europe now increasingly aware the chemical multinationals might not be able to defend their position much longer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by greengumbo View Post
    Given the zealous nature of stromnessbees and the others on this forum then I would expect they will be there. If not - what does that say about their convictions ?
    It's not easy for some of us to attend those meetings.
    If I can't make it then there will be others that will take note that the Glaswegian proposal is given it's full due.
    Any attempts of diversions will be made known to the public, you can be sure of that.

    After all, even the Women's Institute, WI, which counts over 210 000 members throughout the UK, has now come out in favor of the ban:

    http://thewichair.blogspot.co.uk/201....html?spref=tw

    If the SBA keeps stalling on the issue then the spotlight will be on them for explaining themselves.

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    Default Support and Oppossition of the ban

    Here an incomplete list of opponents and supporters of the ban:


    ORGANIZATIONS/ INDIVIDUALS OPPOSING THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S PROPOSED BAN ON NEONICOTINOID INSECTICIDES

    DEFRA & Owen Paterson
    Syngenta, Bayer, BASF
    National Farmers Union
    various leading members of beekeeping organizations


    ORGANIZATIONS/INDIVIDUALS WHIC
    H SUPPORT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S PROPOSED BAN ON NEONICOTINOID INSECTICIDES
    The European Science Agency
    The European Food Safety Agency
    The European Parliament
    The European Commission
    Tonio Bord - EU Commissioner for the Environment
    The Dutch Parliament
    The French National Assembly
    The Polish National Assembly
    The German Professional Beekeepers Union
    The French Union of Beekeepers (UNAF)
    AVAAZ - 2.5 million people have signed the Petition against Neonicotinoids
    Buglife
    Pesticide Action Network UK
    Friends of the earth
    The Soil Association
    The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
    The Scottish Wildlife Trust
    Lord Debden
    Joan Walley - Chair - Environmental Audit Committee
    Professor Dave Goulson - bumblebee researcher
    Glasgow & District BKA
    Cowall BKA
    Caddenfoot BKA
    The Women's Institute, WI
    THE ROYAL WILDLIFE TRUSTS - ALL 47


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    You forgot to add the Masons and other secret societies to your list opposing Doris

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    We can all do our bit to help by planting some flower seeds, supplied by soil association....see link below.

    Friday 15 March, 2013 was a terrible day for bees as the EU failed to ban three neonicotinoid pesticides.
    http://www.soilassociation.org/suppo...britainbuzzing

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