Bayer Corp. Annual Meeting: German Beekeepers Protest Pesticides

Submitted by Pierre Terre on April 30, 2011 - 12:16

This image was sent by German beekeepers of their protest outside the Bayer Corporation annual meeting April 29, 2011:

Bayer Corp. meeting protest in Cologne, Germany by beekeepers

Beekeepers in Germany are deeply concerned that Bayer's pesticides, especially the nicotine-based systemic pesticides (that render the entire plant, stem, leaves, roots, nectar and pollen toxic) are a significant threat to honey bees. Those pesticides are widespread as seed-coatings on most corn sold worldwide through Bayer's partnership with Monsanto. These seeds are almost always both Genetically Modified (GMO) and coated with a systemic nicotine pesticide - and sometimes also a fungicide or  other pesticide.

These seeds thus become deeply toxic, on many levels.

These 'stacked' toxins are long-lived in soil.  Next year's crop can thus be rendered toxic by this season's plants.

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