# NBC Reports Bees will be used to deliver a new organic pesticide, but will it save them?

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2019/09/nbc-reports-bees-will-be-used-to-deliver-a-new-organic-pesticide-but-will-it-save-them/
- Published: 2019-09-17T01:37:05-04:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

NBC News reports that the product recently approved by the EPA is intended to help.
It’s to help stem the [decline](https://greenlivingguy.com/2018/04/whats-happening-to-the-insects-and-should-we-be-worried/)
of the bees in the U.S.
 Sept. 16, 2019, 5:12 AM

By Lucy Sherriff: An organic pesticide recently approved by the [EPA](https://greenlivingguy.com/2014/03/osu-review-details-negative-impact-of-pesticides-and-fertilizers-on-amphibians/)
is intending to help ease the decline of the bee population in the U.S.A. According
to NBC News it will be delivered in a novel way. It’s to be delivered by bees themselves.
Consequently as they alight on field and flower.

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Most noteworthy, the fungicide Clonostachys rosea CR-7 recently approved by the 
EPA is also known as Vectorite. It was created by Bee Vectoring Technologies in 
Canada for use on “high value” crops. Crops such as strawberries, blueberries, almonds
and sunflowers and is set to be rolled out this fall.

In conclusion, beekeepers in the U.S. have reported a nearly 41 percent loss of 
their honey production from the past year. In addition and with winter losses the
highest ever recorded. Finally, some crops, including blueberries and cherries, 
are 90 percent dependent on honey bee pollination. As well, other bee-dependent 
crops range from carrots and tomatoes to onions and broccoli.

## **Also as I wrote before:**

You don’t need to be reminded about just how important bees are to our world. They
are primary pollinators of many of the foods we eat day to day, including almonds,
watermelon and oranges, pollinators of 90% of the world’s wild plants, and they 
contribute to the €265bn economic benefit of pollination.

Also it’s safe to say life would be pretty different without bees. More importantly
our world wouldn’t be as amazing as it is.

That’s because these bees are in danger. You may have heard that bees are in decline,
with over 40 percent of U.S honeybee hives dying off each year, which is costing
the farming and beekeeping industry more than €2bn a year.

There are a few reasons why bee numbers are falling. First off is the destruction
of habitat and increase in disease. However one of the major reasons is a type of
pesticide called neonicotinoids; or neonics for short.

## **What are neonics?**

Neonics are a group of systemic pesticides. I’m meaning they’re absorbed by all 
parts of the plant. That’s including pollen and nectar collected by bees. They’re
used in soil drench, seed coating and sprayed onto crop foliage. All consequently
to deter pests and they’re pretty good at doing it. However, they’re also very harmful
to bees.

## **How do neonics harm bees?**

When neonics get into bees’ systems they affect several parts of their body and 
behavior. The pesticides hinder their foraging behavior. As well as having a detrimental
effect on homing ability, memory, breeding, communication, and their immune system.
Because more often than not leading to paralysis and death.

Some will tell you that there is not enough research to conclusively prove that 
neonics are responsible for bee deaths. However the evidence is mounting quite considerably.

Finally and more important, it’s largely accepted that neonics are certainly not
health for our [bees](https://greenlivingguy.com/2016/07/newest-strategy-for-saving-bees-is-really-really-old/).

**_Source: [NBC NEWS and for the entire story](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bees-will-be-used-deliver-new-organic-pesticide-will-it-n1054416)_**

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