1.1 million people want to save our bees – will you join them?

John, I'm shocked and frustrated: last week our government approved a toxic bee-killing pesticide for the fourth year running.

It’s shameful – Europe banned these chemicals in 2018, over 5 years ago, because of the lethal threat they pose to our already declining bee populations. Just one teaspoon is enough to kill 1.25 BILLION bees [1]. 

The UK government has once again used a loophole to get around the ban and approve its use. We need to send a clear message that we will not sit quietly while the government continues to allow the use of bee-killing pesticides.

John, will you sign this petition and tell our leaders that this is not good enough? Tell the government to close the loophole and ban bee-killing pesticides for good.

Over the past 20 years, the UK’s population of flying insects (like bees) has declined by 60% [2]. This has huge consequences for our ecosystem – we can’t let it continue. Worse still, this kind of harmful pesticide is also linked to declines in our bird population [3] and to pollution of our already toxic rivers [4].

The decision to approve this pesticide goes directly against their own expert scientific advisors – who’ve consistently warned them of the harm it will cause to bees [5]. 

Will you help send a clear message to the government, that the public do not want this lethal pesticide going anywhere near our already threatened bees?

2024 is shaping up to be a big year. We’ve got an election on the way, and hopefully we’ll secure a government that takes the environment seriously. But until then, we must do everything we can to stop things from getting worse.



We can’t ignore this issue: bees need our help, and we need theirs. A third of our food chain relies on these powerful pollinators – they’re vital to our survival [6]. We must save them. And if enough people rally together and make our voices heard, the government will have to listen. We’ve seen it time and time again: people power works.

John, over 1,168,350 people said they want an urgent ban on bee-killing pesticides. Will you add your name to our petition and help us get to 1.5 million? 

Thanks for all you do,

Doug Parr

Chief Scientist, Greenpeace UK

NOTES: 

[1] Groundhog Day for pollinators: bee-killing pesticide approved for UK use again

[2] UK's flying insects have declined by 60% in 20 years

[3] Huge decline in songbirds linked to common insecticide 

[4] Bee-killing pesticides found at wildlife-threatening levels in rivers around the country

[5] Ban use of bee-killing pesticide in UK, business chiefs tell government

[6] Would we starve without bees?

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