Heard this morning on the News that Ireland is one of the first countries in Europe with a strategy to address the issue of reduction in pollinators.
heard one person say If all the bees die we will be finished too, someone forgot to mention that Rice, Oats, Wheat, barley, Potatoes are not pollinated by bees. Ok there may be a problem with habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and Mono-crops. Liam Lysagh from Biodiversity Ireland was on but he got rushed along couple of minutes to make his point as usual natural history does not generate income from advertisers on our national Radio. Where were NIHBS or IBKA pro people to give their input. More misinformation by our state broadcaster.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0917/728...llinator-plan/