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Hungry Bees 1080 Poison Risk For Honey Says DoC
The Department of Conservation has revealed in a September 2017 Official Information Act response (included in the video clip below), that honey bees may consume 1080 cereal baits if they are "particularly hungry", and that bee keepers should always be informed about when the aerial operations are being undertaken.
However, conditions included in a Waikato Regional Council 1080 poison resource consent document states that only people living immediately adjacent to the aerial operational boundaries are required to be informed. In most cases, the general public are not informed about the exact date of when the drops are taking place. Beekeepers often live well away from their hives and are sometimes not informed about the operations at all.
When asked about bees and 1080 poison, Coromandel beekeeper Roger Warren stated "with around 2 million kilograms of toxic cereal bait being spread across 1 million hectares of public land every year, shouldn't all members of rural communities be informed, and informed of exactly when the baits are being broadcast. It's about time we were."
In a November 2017 press release, the Department of Conservation is quoted as saying ... "The Department of Conservation will not disclose when 1080 poison will be dropped in Manawatu amid fears staff could be threatened." Information provided by the Department of Conservation, and from Orillion (www.orillion.com), the state-owned enterprise that manufacturers and distributes 1080 poison bait, discloses that at current rates of distribution there is enough poison being broadcast across New Zealand's forests and waterways to kill over 60 million people, every year.
To see the full story, research and references about the 1080 poison risk to New Zealand honey, please click on, or copy and paste the following video link to your browser https://youtu.be/PQVj1mcBEPw
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