Free Webinar June 11th: Colony Collapse Disorder and What’s Being Done to Protect our Pollinators?

The decline of bees is getting global attention as we risk losing the ecosystem services these important pollinators provide.   On April 29, it was announced that the European Union will enforce the world's first near continent-wide ban on widely used insecticides found to present an unacceptable risk to bees when properly applying the precautionary principle.

Walter Haefeker, a beekeeper in Bavaria serving as the President of the European Professional Bee Keepers Association helped lead the European beekeeping community's efforts to support the EU Commission's proposal to restrict the use of 3 neonicotinoids (clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiametoxam) for seed treatment, soil application (granulate) and foliar treatment on bee attractive plants and cereals.

During this Webinar, Walter will speak about critical issues facing bees today including diseases, pesticides, genetically modified crops and intensive agricultural practices.  He will share his experience working in coordination with environmental NGOs and family farmers organizations towards more bee-friendly friendly production of food, textiles and energy. He will discuss the successful "Fair Milk" campaign where Walter worked together with independent German dairy farmers to use bee friendly methods of feed production and land management. He will also provide insights into a new cooperation with the German Biogas Producers organization to replace corn with flowering plants to produce renewable energy and honey while promoting biodiversity and regenerating soil. Finally, Walter will introduce a new international label developed and owned by the beekeeping community, which is designed to mobilize consumer demand for certified bee-friendly production.

Join us for a Webinar on June 11 at 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM PDT

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/494456850