Bayer and Syngenta have failed to take action against EU bans on some bee-damaging pesticides before EU court. The restrictions imposed by European Commission in year 2013 on use of three Neonikotinoiden were right, Luxembourg judges.

Neonikotinoide are suspected of being jointly responsible for death of bees. They attack nervous system of Tierean, which limits ir learning ability and orientation (Plos one: Fischer et al., 2014).

The complaint of two chemical companies concerned three substances Clothianidin, Imidacloprid and Thiamethoxam, whose field use since 2013 has been banned. With verdict of judges, that remains so. They dismissed lawsuit from Syngenta and Bayer "in full". Syngenta had sued, among or things, for damages of at least 367.9 million euros.

Prohibited on arable fields

The explanatory memorandum stated that Commission was able to demonstrate that active substances in question no longer correspond to eligibility criteria. The judges also referred to more stringent requirements of European Union. According to this, bee Neonikotinoiden can only be exposed in a "negligible way". The use of active substance must not "have unacceptable acute or chronic effects on survival and development of bee colonies".

Syngenta described verdict as "disappointing and regrettable." Both group belonging to Chinese chemical giant ChemChina and Bayer had already warned that in case of a ban on insecticides, farmers would revert to older plant protection products and spray chemicals more often. Scientific innovation is only way to produce enough food and protect environment, Syngenta said.

Honey Bees Making honey bees

The Western Honeybee (APIs mellifera) produces not only honey and wax, but also contributes to food supply with pollination of flowers.

Honey bees, toger with wild bees and or wild insects, pollinate a large proportion of domestic and wild plants. Fruit trees as well as strawberries and sunflowers are dependent on ir work. According to BEE researchers, yield of oilseed rape is 35 percent of bees ' account.

Of approximately 25,000 bee species, only nine species are honeybees. In Europe re are still some, though few, wild honey bees.

How Honey is produced

Honeybees live in states with up to 40,000 animals. They feed on nectar, pollen or sugary honeydew, such as aphids.

When you visit blossoms, bees absorb nectar from which honey is produced later in cane – and powder with pollen grains. They n apply to or flowers and thus provide for pollination and seed formation of plants.

To produce one kilogram of honey, worker bees must put toger two to three kilograms of nectar. About 80,000 trips from hive are necessary.

It was not until end of April that EU countries had voted by a narrow majority for a more extensive ban on Neonikotinoide of bees. The materials may refore only be used in greenhouses, y are prohibited on arable fields.

According to experts, such bans are helpful, but in order to protect bees sustainably, basic orientation of agriculture and food production must be applied. It is important to note that re are different conditions for wild and honey bees. Wild bees mainly meet loss of suitable nesting possibilities and forage plants. For honeybees, on or hand, introduced diseases and parasites such as Varroa mite (Varroa destructor) represent greatest threat.

The European Court of Justice can appeal against current EU court decision within two months. The lawyers, according to ir own data, assume that case must be decided by ECJ in second and last instance.

Date Of Update: 18 May 2018, 12:03