StandByBees

A campaign to protect our pollinators from bee-killing pesticides 🐝 Write to your MP to #StandByBees #SilentSpring #IPledgeMyPlot

[StandByBees @standbybees]

A huge win for nature. The emergency use of bee-killing pesticide Cruiser SB has been rejected. This is a crucial and long-awaited step to cutting the use of hazardous pesticides in the UK. Thank you to everyone who has supported #StandByBees. 💛🐝 https://t.co/ogrBS6Cndg

[StandByBees @standbybees]

Last week the government announced the first-ever pesticide reduction target in the UK as part of the long-awaited UK Pesticides National Action Plan – a commitment to reducing the environmental risk from pesticides by 10% over the next 5 years. #StandByBees 💛🐝

[StandByBees @standbybees]

@NYR_Official have launched a #PollinatorPathwaysMap to create a buzzing network of bee-friendly habitats across the UK.

Whether your plot is big or small, every plot counts – from window boxes to wildflower meadows! Pledge yours now: https://t.co/rQnht6YXUD

#IPledgeMyPlot

[StandByBees @standbybees]

Happy #WorldBeeDay!

These pollinators are small but mighty.

They are responsible for every three mouthfuls of food we eat, pollinate more than 75% of the global crops we rely on and contribute an estimated £400 million to the UK economy each year.

#StandByBees

[StandByBees @standbybees]

This is beyond disappointing and is now the fourth consecutive emergency authorisation of Cruiser SB.

We must keep pushing. We cannot allow this to be a routine authorisation for years to come.

#StandByBees

[StandByBees @standbybees]

This week is @DefraGovUK's #BeesNeedsWeek.

Yet there is still alarming inactivity from the government when it comes to our precious pollinators.

There is simply not enough being done to cut toxic pesticide use and protect our pollinators.

#StandByBees

[Bumblebee Conservation Trust @BumblebeeTrust]

Prioritise #PollinatorsNotPesticides ⚠️

Commit to phasing out #pesticide use in domestic and urban settings, and ambitious and binding reduction targets in agriculture. Ensure pesticide products are properly tested on bumblebees and other key non-target animals.

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[StandByBees @standbybees]

@PAN_UK's latest report makes for sad reading. #StandByBees

[Martin Lines @LinesMartin]

Farmland can deliver great habitats for #bees and other pollinators. It can deliver a range of flowering plants and habitats that are available for as long as possible throughout the year. #WorldBeeDay

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Happy #WorldBeeDay! 🐝 Our precious bee population is in steep decline - yet utterly incoherent Govt policy to allow neonicotinoids puts them at even greater risk. 1 teaspoon of neonics can kill *1.25 billion* bees - Govt must ban them if we are to protect bees & restore nature🌼

[@MindbendingWellness @shaktimaragh]

A message from Anabel Kindersley, co-owner of #NealsYardRemedies this #WorldBeeDay 🐝🌎
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Since 2011, we've been #campaigning & #fundraising to protect our precious #pollinators from decline

Through the 🐝#BeeLovely range NYR have donated 🐝> £300,000 to
bee-friendly charities

[StandByBees @standbybees]

Today is #WorldBeeDay!

Without pollination from bees, we risk losing the products we love, the food we eat every day and the nature we rely on.

Take action now: https://t.co/dlCtIzuwGs

#StandByBees

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Govt decision to approve banned, toxic pesticide is utterly incoherent. Neonics are a poison so powerful that a single teaspoon could kill 1.25 billion bees. How on earth can Govt say it is "halting & reversing decline in nature", while pursuing such wanton destruction? 🐝@PAN_UK

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Good to be in @LukePollard’s Westminster Hall debate challenging Govt’s reckless approval of bee-killing pesticides 🐝🐝🐝
Shamefully this is *3rd time* ministers have overruled scientific advice & greenlighted highly toxic neonics #AttackonNature @standbybees @Buzz_dont_tweet

[The Wildlife Trusts @WildlifeTrusts]

We are dismayed, disappointed, and deeply concerned. UK Gov has just approved the use of a banned pesticide so powerful; a single teaspoon could kill 1.25 billion bees. This is a huge mistake. If we want to #DefendNature we must #SayNoToNeonics. 👉

https://t.co/UXvOkcvyZ9

[Jo Wood @JoWoodOfficial]

Why wouldn’t our government ban these chemicals that kill our bees .. @RishiSunak

[Jonathon Porritt @jonathonporritt]

This is such an important campaign - with government ministers acting with their usual duplicity.

[Bees for Development @BeesForDev]

We're proud to support #StandByBees to call for a reduction in the use of harmful pesticides, to help protect our amazing pollinating insects 🐝 🐝https://t.co/2UG4d7viRQ
Please help and write to your MP....

[British Beauty Council @britishbeautycl]

Find out more: https://t.co/0L0tM9ObYw

[StandByBees @standbybees]

This news is a huge disappointment for us. Despite our efforts, we have been unable to prevent this outcome. We must keep up the pressure. Now more than ever, we must #StandByBees. We must continue pushing.

Please write to your local MP: https://t.co/DgpLTfutVV