Intensive farming practices harm British bee populations - 4 Jan 2010  
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In a study published in the journal Insect Conservation and Diversity, a team of scientists from across the United Kingdom link intensive farming techniques with worrisome declines in wild bumblebee populations.
They focused on the common carder bumblebee, which (NFT Bombus pascuorum) plays an important role in the pollination of many crops. The researchers discovered that the decline of wild habitats through intensive farming practices not only reduces wildflowers that are necessary to the bumblebees but also harms other animal species such as butterflies and birds.

British scientists, we thank you for sharing these findings about the vital bumblebee. Let us all turn to sustainable lifestyles to ensure the welfare of our bee co-inhabitants and all treasured biodiversity. Supreme Master Ching Hai has often spoken of the need to shift toward organic vegan farming practices to sustain our environment, as in a July 2008 videoconference with our Association members in California, USA.

Supreme Master Ching Hai: Organic farming is the best. It’s the ideal for health and the planet. When I say planet, I mean for all the inhabitants,  the bees and insects and animals alike.
Because if we’re using chemicals, then of course they’re going to die out, sooner or later, big and small. That’s why the bees are disappearing. We have been destroying this ecosystem. It’s a very sad affair. The government has to employ another kind of farming technique.

Otherwise, not just bee colonies collapse, many other useful insects and helpful animals, they will be dying out. They’re dying out every day now, a lot of them.

We got to pray for Heaven’s help. And if you can, tell the farmers, tell the government to change it. We use only beneficial products for agriculture. Otherwise we will have nothing left.

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