Government rejects bee-harming pesticide application
Bees can breathe a sigh of relief this week.
The government has rejected an application to use bee-harming neonicotinoids (neonics) by the National Farmers’ Union (NFU).
We couldn’t have done this without you.
Thousands of you emailed your MPs to keep bee-harming pesticides out of our fields – thank you.
The NFU failed to convince ministers because they didn’t have enough evidence to show that farmers need banned neonics.
They need to face the facts – there’s now a long list of scientific evidence showing the threat bees face from neonics.