Belgium, Switzerland and Spain called for a ban on insecticides based on fipronil
intimidation.The director of the Belgian center for apiculture information, Etienne Bruneau, said,
"At the current rate, in 10 years there will be no more bees in Belgium."
France has authorized use of inventories of chemicals
suspected of killing off bee populations.
There is great concern in other European countries
about this insect essential for agriculture.
he Bayer product was used mostly for sunflower and corn
fields and was applied directly to the seeds, such that it was
absorbed throughout the entire plant, from the roots to the
leaves and grains.
According to the National Union of French Agriculturalists,
Gaucho killed off hundreds of thousands of bees, an insect that
serves the vital environmental function of pollination.
Their disappearance also pushed thousands of small honey
producers out of business.
Belgium, Switzerland and Spain called for a ban on insecticides
based on fipronil or imidacloprid.
The director of the Belgian center for apiculture information,
The director of the Belgian center for apiculture information,
Etienne Bruneau, said, "At the current rate, in 10 years there
will be no more bees in Belgium."
However, Gaucho is not sprayed on growing plants; it is coated on the seeds.
As a systemic pesticide, it is absorbed from the
seed coating by the germinating plants and remains in the growing plant tissues,
providing pest protection throughout the entire
