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Response from Bayer CropScience to Harvard School of Public Health study on neonicotinoids and honey bees


Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
May 12, 2014

The Bayer Bee Care program is part of the company’s commitment to bee health.  It's goals are to further promote and develop solutions to improve bee health, actively promote the bee-responsible use of our products and share knowledge and exertise with stakeholders from the beekeeping community and agricultural communities and with scientific and governmental institutions, NGOs, policy makers and regulators

On Friday, May 9, 2014, the Harvard School of Public Health released a new study by Chensheng Lu via the Bulletin of Insectology. Our scientists have reviewed the study and, in their opinion, find it to be seriously flawed for the following reasons:

 

  • Feeding honey bees levels of neonicotinoids greater than 10 times what they would normally encounter is more than unrealistic – it is deceptive and represents a disservice to genuine scientific investigation related to honey bee health.
  • Given the artificially high levels tested over 13 consecutive weeks, the colony failure rates observed are completely expected.
  • Unfortunately, this latest study conducted by Dr. Lu repeats the fundamental flaws seen in his previous research and provides no meaningful information regarding honey bee risk assessment.

Bayer remains committed to understanding the multi-causes that impact the health of pollinators by bringing together some of the brightest minds in agriculture and apiology to develop comprehensive solutions for bee health through its North American Bee Care Center which is part of the company’s $12 million investment in bee health in 2014.
 



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Published: May 12, 2014



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