dennis campbell's with us today he's editor in chief of the u_k_ progressive
magazine also host worldview show on youtube youtube dot com slash world view
show
dennis we've talked on this program in the past about the d problem and the
problems that that are starting to be seen with bee population and then making
guesses about what impact that could have more broadly on on humans and on
the planet
and we now know that of the british beekeepers association
says that by a third of all honeybee colonies in england did not survive the
winter as we now are moving into summer
uh... tell us a little bit about me
that the facts i guess and then will go into the potential of facts
well we had a very works in a very cold winter unseasonably silhouetted extended
for a very long period of time
and because the fall was also quite let on the the whether that your currently
experiencing right now in the northeast was normal for us we get a month's worth
of rain in twenty four hours not happened several times
during the month of september and october what that did was it affected
the ability of these pieces are going forage for food
so they basically
well um suffered something called high rise elation we starve to death in the
hyatt
plus the cold weather
did not help them as well so the inability to get the food as well as the
isolation and we've seen updated counts that show as much as forty eight percent
of all these in wales perished
as high as fifty five percent in parts of scotland
so it was uh... whether devastation coupled with the continued use of
use pesticides that are used to coach seats uh... that have been planted in
the ground all monsanto bears several other major conglomerates i'll use these
four genetically modified um... quarter which is used primarily for fuel for f
and all the problem is of course it spreads to other fields
and it causes a problem because it's causing a bead on off right now we also
be actually saw just recently even member states actually voted to suspend
three specific pesticides which
it's thought to it that they they cause serious harm to bs but
again that was that was literally just just weeks
uh... uh... and and that uh... that's not gonna make a difference to what
we've been seeing for years now
not not immediately but it could eventually help what they've done as a
pastor do you directed which goes into effect on the first december
and what will happen as a result of that is that those three pesticides be
completely banned the problem is
it does not help us for this current summer period which is uh... of of great
concern
and um... director was worded in such a way
that the existing stocks and supplies
can be exhausted right up until november saying basically but member states have
until the first of september
to in in the e_u_ to come up with uh... their plan probably going to deal with
it
and they can exhaust is this in supplies and so the first team member then from
then on these are completely banned dot the first to december on uh... from from
use anywhere but by then uh... most of the damages pieces down so for people
who say okay so bees are dying to hear about these dying but what is it really
matter
uh... talk a little bit about why this is so important and extends beyond just
we care about the number of these
well you know these are clip has such a vital role right now i'm looking out the
window of the office here and
you don't want to have some rain in the the naturally tolerating all of the
followers as well as the the various parts of the fields in the right up
everything is in bloom here in this country and without the polarization
taking the paula way using it to make the hymie the other plants themselves
basically suffocate randall dot and uh... you conceded difference in the
fields where there are no bs we're very fortunate there about a dozen highs just
down the road from where we live and one of the more spectacular sights of course
summers a swarm
in which the harm actually splits off and uh... the queen a new queen takes
over and she takes half the hot weather and big literally looks as though it's a
hailstorm of these for quite some time and they could only travel in very short
distances and usually end up seven up on top of the chimney or a on abortion dot
i did have some photos of one part of my face book page of one actual storm just
huddled around a tree and his beekeeper just came along taxed twice and i a m
fell into a higher and he was unable to take that off to his properties up
they're very important part of the eco-system if you live in an agrarian
area
yes the peaceful transfer of power on mon abhi monarchs always something uh...
interesting to see and hopefully people will become more and more aware
of of how important this is an elite entitlement for years
lessons university before singer needed over almost a half a billion that's five
hundred million
have died so it's it's a serious issue
let's talk a little bit about the new dennis campbell project which is book
reviews not tell us about that
well happier as an author uh... i'd love to read you look to really know because
i know you're constantly recommending books in your program brian to look at
from talk about the books
uh... what i really wanted to do was you know because we're limited by time in
this format i wanted to have an opportunity to really talk to authors
understand the writing process the creative process
the fall process that went into the creation of the books
and so i've created bluefish tv which every week
will feature an offer or perhaps two or three depending on the topic but today
it was reached we've got
of of the sugar salt doctor michael michael moore
micheal moss excuse me and uh... nutritious or talking about food
before that we had a marvelous to young man from manchester england the most
unlikely marvelous he considered his background has written a fabulous book
called passion before that we had hitchhiking with larry david hinkle
samuel goldwyn allegedly showing three eight to ten minutes segments of the
like as if you're watching a half-hour program each of the segment gets loaded
up one two zero one one zero in on thursday and it's really just in
in-depth discussion about what it was how they created the book
next we will be talking to heather pool while she's a very interesting lady i
met her on twitter years ago when she first on she's written a book called
cruising attitude
on reading from his tales of craft had school dramas and crazy passengers at
thirty five thousand feet
so are really enjoy this it's it's it's more energizing and exciting for me
he just had the opportunity to do it to share
are kind of a memoir a living memoir of the craft of of riding with these people
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excellent stuff dennis campbell we will talk to you next week
thanks looking forward to it