Title: Pesticides linked to bee deaths must be banned, scientists say | CBC News
Headings: Pesticides linked to bee deaths must be banned, scientists say
Pesticides linked to bee deaths must be banned, scientists say
Neonicotinoids, fipronil linked to ecosystem damage in new report
Bee-killing pesticide
'Life would be awful' without bees
Beekeeper loses 65 million bees
90% goes into environment, not crop
DDT-like threat

Content: Life would be awful." Blood-sucking mite turns benign bee virus into colony killer
But not everyone supports the idea of a ban on neonicotinoids . CropLife Canada, a trade association that also represents developers and distributors of pest control products and plant biotechnology, opposes a ban saying the varroa mite is the primary culprit behind declining bee health. It says there is no correlation between pesticide use and bee health. Beekeeper loses 65 million bees
David Schuit, a former bee hive inspector, lives in Hanover, Ont., and owns Saugeen Country Honey, a family beekeeping business that started in 2007. David Schuit, owner of Saugeen Country Honey near Hannover, Ont., says he has lost more than 65 million bees over two years. ( Saugeen Country Honey/Facebook)
Since 2012, the family has lost more than 65 million bees, said Schuit. He estimates he now owns about 2,000 and attributes the monumental decline to the liberal use of neonicotinoids on nearby farms.