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UK Bee Population

Proceeding contribution from Alex Chalk (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 November 2017. It occurred during Debate on UK Bee Population.

Of course. This is not a zero sum game. It is not the case that a product that is bad for bees is therefore good for farmers or the other way around. It is not beyond the wit of our scientists to come up with products and pesticides—by the way, pesticide is not an evil word—that can be sprayed on to our crops without causing the collateral damage that we want to avoid.

It is the points made already that lie behind an apocalyptic quote attributed to Albert Einstein—of course, it may well be entirely apocryphal. He is alleged to have said:

“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years left to live.”

That may be a little apocalyptic, but it does make the point that bees play a crucial role in our food supply.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
631 c117WH 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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