Honey Bee and Pollinator Activists Wanted for Special Project

[Annabel1]

I am looking for honey bee (and pollinator) activists in the Sonoma County area for a special project. Europe just passed a pesticide ban protecting pollinators. Could California do the same? If you would like to be part of an exploratory group on this subject--let me know here, and we will talk. 1st meeting by the end of May.

[Annabel1]

A couple of us believe that a pesticide ban might be possible in California through the initiative process. We would need 504,000 signatures to get on the ballot. But--we obviously can't do it with just two of us. When I get around 10 interested parties I will call a meeting. I am also looking into the language of the European ban just passed last week. This is a big project, but it is also timely, necessary, and exciting! I will be keeping track of peeps who want to help and then will email an invitation to our first meeting.

Yes I have a top bar hive -Bee Temple - in my backyard and am interested.

[Yakim]

Hi,
I'm interested.
Can you give any link to the text of the ban that you're looking at?
Thanks

A couple of us believe that a pesticide ban might be possible in California through the initiative process. We would need 504,000 signatures to get on the ballot. But--we obviously can't do it with just two of us. When I get around 10 interested parties I will call a meeting. I am also looking into the language of the European ban just passed last week. This is a big project, but it is also timely, necessary, and exciting! I will be keeping track of peeps who want to help and then will email an invitation to our first meeting.

[Sonoma Soil]

You may want to present this to the Sonoma County Beekeepers' Association. The next meeting is tomorrow at 6P in Rohnert Park. Details here: https://sonomabees.org/html/calendar.html

[The A Team]

Hi
Great idea, I am working on a ban for Santa Rosa.
I am curious if you are working with PAN at https://www.panna.org/
as they are advocates for bees and the elimination of pesticides?
Thanks
Andrea

A couple of us believe that a pesticide ban might be possible in California through the initiative process. We would need 504,000 signatures to get on the ballot. But--we obviously can't do it with just two of us. When I get around 10 interested parties I will call a meeting. I am also looking into the language of the European ban just passed last week. This is a big project, but it is also timely, necessary, and exciting! I will be keeping track of peeps who want to help and then will email an invitation to our first meeting.

[The A Team]

Also I just rec'd this action:

Tell Home Depot and Lowe’s to stop selling bee-killing pesticides.

Bees are essential for one out of three bites of food we eat. But last winter, beekeepers reported losses of 50-70 percent of their hives—the worst year yet since the global bee die-off began!
A growing body of scientific evidence is pointing to neonicotinoids (neonics) as the key factor in this crisis and the European Union has just imposed a two year ban on these toxic pesticides.
These neonics are everywhere--in commercial agriculture, on the shelf of your local garden stores, and in the plants and seeds we buy from nurseries.
Bee part of the solution! Tell Home Depot, Lowe’s and others to stop selling neonics.


Friends of the earth
https://www.foe.org/

[EmeraldMatra]

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is a fantastic group that has successfully worked with Home Depot for sustainable wood products. Perhaps a connection with RAN would be a good way to approach Home Depot or to get some input on how to be successful with them.
Emerald