ApocaDocs: Beekeepers fume at association's endorsement-for-cash of fatal insecticides

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Posted Sun Jan 16 2011: from The Independent:


	Beekeepers fume at association's endorsement-for-cash of fatal insecticides http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1295201798 Britain's beekeepers are at war over their association's endorsement for money of four insecticides, all of them fatal to bees, made by major chemical companies. The British Beekeepers' Association has been selling its logo to four European pesticide producers and is believed to have received about 175,000 pounds in return. The active ingredient chemicals in the four pesticides the beekeepers endorsed are synthetic pyrethroids, which are among the most powerful of modern insect-killers. The deal was struck in secret by the beekeepers' association executive without the knowledge of the overwhelming majority of its members. After news of the deal emerged, some members expressed outrage and others resigned.

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That executive's colony just collapsed.