{"id":1469,"date":"2016-03-05T20:39:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T20:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2022-01-17T17:12:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T21:12:26","slug":"neonics-in-pesticides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/neonics-in-pesticides\/","title":{"rendered":"Neonics in Pesticides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/honeybee.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1465\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1465\" src=\"http:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/honeybee.jpg\" alt=\"honeybee\" width=\"186\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/honeybee.jpg 186w, https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/honeybee-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a>Neonicotinoics (or neonics) are a powerful class of pesticides used on many crops.<\/p>\n<p>They persist in soil, water, and plants for a very long time, and are lethal to bees and other pollinators.\u00a0The EPA has pledged to place a moratorium on new useres of neonics, but that doesn&#8217;t address the more than 500 neonic products currently on the market. Be sure to check the labels of products you purchase from home garden centers to help save the bees by avoiding purchasing products that contain neonics.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 5 ways you can help save the bees:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;BEE&#8221; AWARE: \u00a0Use landscaping to attract beneficial insects vice using pesticides.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;BEE&#8221; VIGILIANT: Read labels and steer clear of neonicotinoids.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;BEE&#8221; VOCAL: \u00a0Tell everyone about the importance of bees and how they can help.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;BEE&#8221; AN ACTIVIST: \u00a0refer to the\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friends of the Earth<\/a> (FOE) Bee Action Campaign.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;BEE&#8221; SAFE: \u00a0Plant bee-friendly flowers using organic starts or untreated seeds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are some of the plants you might consider planting in\u00a0your own yard:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1467\" style=\"width: 387px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bee-friendly-flowers.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1467\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1467\" class=\"wp-image-1467 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bee-friendly-flowers.jpg\" alt=\"Bee friendly flowers\" width=\"377\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bee-friendly-flowers.jpg 377w, https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bee-friendly-flowers-174x300.jpg 174w, https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bee-friendly-flowers-87x150.jpg 87w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Information in this article was summarized from an excerpt of the hardcopy Bee Action Friends of the Earth Campaign flyer, provided by Will Haas.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/honeybee.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1465\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1465\" src=\"http:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/honeybee.jpg\" alt=\"honeybee\" width=\"186\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/honeybee.jpg 186w, https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/honeybee-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a>Neonicotinoics (or neonics) are a powerful class of pesticides used on many crops.<\/p>\n<p>They persist in soil, water, and plants for a very long time, and are lethal  \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/neonics-in-pesticides\/\"> Read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1469"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41632,"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469\/revisions\/41632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}