Neonicotinoids harm pollinators

Let's do something about it.

This site is focused on spreading information about neonics to home gardeners so that our bees and butterflies can be healthy again. Corporations and lawmakers may be slow to protect the bees- but we can make a real difference NOW. Community involvement is the best tool we have because residential use of neonics are the main problems for bees. Products marketed to the home gardener contain up to 120 times the amount used in agriculture and can stay in soil for up to three years. Even when neonics are banned home gardeners may still have containers of these pesticides in their basements and sheds that could be used for years to come.

On this site you will find a sticker for labeling containers of pesticides that contain neonics. Neonics are marketed under many complicated brand names that are hard to remember, this sticker lists all of them. Print the stickers at home or professionally. Give them to family, friends and neighbors or distribute them at plant festivals, farmers markets or other local outlets. People can then use the sticker to check the products they have in their basements and label any that contain neonics. The stickers can also alert consumers before they purchase these products. Neonics are not only in pesticides sold to consumers, but also in many plants sold by big box stores and nurseries.

Let's act like pollinators to spread this information from person to person and make a difference!.