The Honeybee Crisis

For several years now I've been reading articles and listening to various Youtube videos on the subject of dangerous chemicals contaminating the animals, forests and trees, insects, and yes, we humans.

It's becoming an alarming problem, and sadly, it doesn't seem to be getting much attention by most people. There are some like me, who have watched the steady decline of insects, bees, and watched my trees dying in my backyard by the dozens. I've posted quite a bit of information about this, but I don't believe its really hitting home to most, yet.

Today in my mailbox I had a letter of concern from the Natural Resource Defense Council, and the contents of the letter was alarming, and sad at the same time. I'm going to post the first page of it here, along with further excerpts, to bring awareness of this problem out on my website, and hope other's who may read it, and see the importance of getting involved as much as possible. 

This issue, along with the long ongoing problem of geoengineering by planes that drop dangerous toxic chemicals on us all just about every day, is bringing extensive damage to the entire web of life, and if nothing is done, we will soon face health and food shortage issues that will no one will be able to ignore any longer-we will be facing starvation status.

Here is the letter from NRDC:
"Dear Friend,
I'm sure you've seen the headlines: 55 percent of the nation's honeybee colonies collapsed over the past year--one of the largest losses ever recorded.

The science is in, and it leaves no room for doubt or delay. The world's most widely used class of insecticides--called "neonics"--is a key factor in this devastating die-off of bee colonies.

​​Acute exposure to neonics can kill bees directly. In fact, some of the neonics are 5,000 to 10,000 times more toxic to bees than DDT! But it doesn't end there. Chronic exposure weakens bees, making it harder for them to forage for food, find their way back to their hive and survive winter.

The result? A full-blown crisis. There are barely enough bees available each year to pollinate key food crops, and that is only thanks to the increasingly frantic efforts by beekeepers to replace lost hives. Any deeper losses will threaten the whole system with collapse.

That's truly scary. After all, we depend on bees to pollinate 70 out of 100 major crops--from apples and blueberries to watermelon and zucchini. Simply put: fewer bees=less food. That could mean spiraling food costs and reduced access to healthier foods, which would likely hit low-income communities and communities of color especially hard since they're suffering disappointment from hunger and food scarcity.

That's why the Natural Resources Defense Council is taking our fight for bee survival to Bayer--the German chemical giant. Like most Americans, you probably think of Bayer as the trusted maker of aspirin, Aleve, One A Day and Alka Seltzer.

But Bayer is also one of the world's leading manufacturers of bee-toxic noenics. The neonic chemicals it invented--imidacloprid and clothianidin--have topped $1 billion in annual sales.

Bayer is facing hurdles to selling neonics in its own backyard. That's beause the European Union has banned most uses of these toxic chemicals due to the high risk they pose to bees. But Bayer is still selling a torrent of these bee-killing pesticides in the United States--and bees keep dying in droves.

But it could get worse. Bayer and Monsanto have merged into one global chemical colossus with even more power over farmers. The bottom line: our chemical-soaked food supply is now as deadly as ever for bees!

Further excerpts within the letter:
We spent four years in court to restrict the use of bee-toxic pesticide products. You see, as the neonic-fueled crisis grows more dire, it's becoming clear that the danger is spreading far beyond bees.

Prompted in part by our lawsuit, the EPA found that three of the most widely used neonics likely harm up to 80 percent of all threatened and endangered species, with their continued use likely driving more than 200 vulnerable plant and animal species toward extinction. If the EPA fails to rein in neonics and save wildlife, we must be prepared to take the agency back to court.

NRDC will disseminate the truth about the neonics and counter Bayer's slick attempts to greenwash these bee-killing pesticides. Our full-page ad in the New York Times put Bayer on the defensive, generating more than 200,000 petitions that called on the global giant to stop selling its bee-killing pesticides in the United States.

As the latest figures show, we haven't got a moment to lose. An annual survey of American beekeepers showed that honeybee colonies aren't dying only during the cold winter months. Bee colonies collapsed during the summer at a rate of 37%!

That new is truly alarming. Summer is the time for bees to flourish and thrive. When bees start dying off at that rate during the warm, bountiful months of summer, you can be all but certain that something is wreaking havoc on them. 

But this is no unsolved mystery. Scientists have been warning us that a tidal wave of neonics is a key factor in the nationwide collapse of bee colonies.

Bees are also suffering from the loss of wildflower habitat, rapidly spreading diseases and climate change--all of which has left these vital pollinators stressed out and even more susceptible to pesticide poisoning.

So the skyrocketing use of neonics on farms couldn't come at a worse time. Neonics are now the most heavily used class of insecticides in the United States, applied to an estimated 150 million acres of crops each year.

Nearly all conventional corn now begins as seeds treated with bee-toxic neonics. Neonics have even snuck their way into our own backyards by way of household products and garden plants that are pre-treated with the pesticides.

The neonics onslaught has produced a profit bonanza for companies like Bayer, but they are a nightmare for bees.
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That's because neonics are "systemic"--once absorbed into the plant's tissue, they turn that plant into a tiny poison factory that carries toxins all the way from its roots to the nectar--on which bees then feed.

Meanwhile, as neonics turn up in our food and drinking water, there is mounting concern about how they impact our own health.

Experts increasingly warn that the pollinator crisis could be spiraling into a human health crisis as well.

Simply put, big Ag is conducting nothing less than a giant, uncontrolled experiment that is threatening bees, food supply, and our health.

Yet shockingly, the EPA has refused to end this chemical free-for-all.

Bayer would have the public believe that the bees are suffering from mites, disease, and loss of habitat--anything and everything except neonics, which the company claims are perfectly safe!

Bayer's corporate motto may be "Science for a Better Life," but don't look to them for the latest science on the dangers of neonics. At this rate, Bayer's "Better Life" may not include bees.

Make no mistake: Bayer's thick smokescreen of feel-good PR does not change the verdict of science: toxic neonics are killing bees all across the country. That's why it's so critical that we move swiftly to turn up the heat on that company. 

Bayer needs to know that it is in for a knockdown, drag-out fight that will rally millions upon millions of Americans in the vocal opposition to its bee-toxic products. Are you with us?"

My response:
As I read this letter, I nodded my head in agreement at each point, because I've seen the evidence of what they said in this letter, in my own backyard. I've seen a massive decline of bees, both honeybees, and bumble bees, and many other insects in my gardens. It's alarming. 

If the bees die off, the food supply for all of us is going to be in danger. Denying this, won't cover the truth, when food shortages begin and the bee colonies aren't there any longer that we've taken for granted and neglected for many years.

I also know that along with the toxic neonics, the fact that planes over my head are spraying dangerous chemicals on everybody day after day, on purpose and this just adds to the mix of poisons the insects, animals and we humans are being subjected to every day. I've been posting about this for years here on my website, and sharing the Global News Alert that Dane Wigington broadcasts every Saturday night, exposing the geoengineering that's going on, and what it's doing to the planet, and us. Below are links to the websites to NRDC, and Dane Wigingtons website, and links that you can get involved in to help spread this information and bring awareness of the dangers we are facing on this issue.

NRDC-- nrdc.org/savebees
40 W 20th Street
New York, NY 10011
Their mailing address is: P.O. Box 1830, Merrifield, VA 22116-8030
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Note: Dane Wigington has also spoken many times of the bee population dying, and how dangerous this issue is-I'm sure he has information on his website concerning this.
Dane Wigingtons Website and his sponsored movie "The Dimming"
https://www.GeoengineeringWatch.org

Graphene Rain, Scientist Sounds Alarm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm261O9BRB0

The Dimming, Full Length Climate Engineering Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf78rEAJvhY
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Finally, how does this subject fit in with end time biblical events? In Revelation chapter 6, it describes the opening of the seven seals, and the riding of the four horses of the Apocalypse. It describes the breaking down of societies, wars, famines, pestilences, diseases, persecutions and death. Hunger and famine will be a major part of this. No bees, no pollinators, no food supply. It's just one factor among many that describes what people will face-and a very important one.

Rev 6:1  And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 
Rev 6:2  And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. 
Rev 6:3  And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 
Rev 6:4  And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. 
Rev 6:5  And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 
Rev 6:6  And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. 
Rev 6:7  And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 
Rev 6:8  And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. 
Rev 6:9  And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 
Rev 6:10  And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 
Rev 6:11  And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. 
Rev 6:12  And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 
Rev 6:13  And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 
Rev 6:14  And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 
Rev 6:15  And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 
Rev 6:16  And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 
Rev 6:17  For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?