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Action needed to save our bees
New evidence of the threat to bees from neonicotinoid
pesticides
The plight of our declining bees is of concern to all of us. We need bees to pollinate most of
our food crops and wild flowers, and they play a crucial role in supporting wider biodiversity.
In 2012 Defra outlined the severity of the decline of, and threat to, bees to MPs1
:
‘There has been a severe decline in the diversity of wild bees in the
countryside…England has the greatest decline of anywhere in Europe. Since 1900,
the UK has lost 20 species of bee. A further 35 bee species are considered to be
under threat of extinction.’
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