This
past winter on Vancouver Island, Canada, the British Columbia Ministry
of Agriculture and Lands noted a staggering 90% loss of the vital winged
insects. A longer summer season due to climate change is thought to
have weakened the bees’ immunity as they worked overtime collecting
pollen to further the species of
both flowers and foods consumed by humans.
As
scientists raise concerns about the Vancouver Island decline spreading
further inland, a recently published study in the USA, where bees
continue to perish from the malady known as Colony Collapse Disorder,
found unprecedented levels of chemical pesticides in their North
American beehive homes.
The nation’s federal courts have issued a
ruling in support of more stringent regulations. Canadian and US
researchers, we appreciate this message of alert to the dying honeybees,
and are also grateful to all scientists and officials working to
protect them.
Our prayers that humans everywhere turn to the
organic, vegan diet as the best way to spare resources and protect all
life. As during an August 2008 international gathering, Supreme Master
Ching Hai has long indicated that troubled species such as the bees show
the need for urgent, necessary lifestyle
changes to stabilize the Earth’s ecosystems.
Supreme Master Ching Hai:
My God, now the continued decline of bees has affected the food now.
This is nothing new, but they keep reporting it’s getting worse all the
time.
Because if there are no bees, there is no pollination. And
then some food, some fruits and some vegetables depend on the
pollination to bear fruits. And now a lot of bees have died We might
have no food because of no pollination. So you guys maybe just start
planting something at home. Some things that don’t need the bees.
But
this is terrible, this is such a disaster The people don’t take care of
the environment, and let all beings keep dying like this.
Just
to be vegan, how difficult can it be? Is it difficult? Even if it is,
this is the only choice we have to survive, then why not?
Why not just change to the vegan diet?
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