I know of a nice little gite hidden away in the woods giving privacy for €39 a night. Perhaps we could come together as a forum and fund it for them as they are broke. Think I could rustle up enough Brits for the 3am demonstration.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-problem-with-honey-bees/ Food for thought here Frenchie. In Germany some states are bringing in restrictions on bee keeping - in Schleswig Holstein it is now forbidden to keep honey bees within 5 km of a nature conservation area. That some people think becoming a beekeeper is the best way of protecting wild bees is like starting a chicken farm to protect wild birds. There is too much unregulated bee keeping in Germany and, at last, people are cottoning on to the reality that this has nothing to do with helping the environment.
Since you first mention this problem cologne, I have spent time looking at the bees both in our garden and down my fields. There are virtually no honey bees, but quite a lot of the smaller wild ones. There are some fields about 10 kms from here that have about twenty hives set up, but this is open countryside, and quite a large areas that I can see has wild flowers clearly sown as in the picture you have used.
This is truly shocking, and the government talks about maintaining high environmental standards. https://www.theguardian.com/environ...-90m-for-deliberately-pouring-sewage-into-sea
They'll just increase their prices to make up for it and do it again if needed. Profits are much more important than the environment.
Which will always be the case until polluting the environment is more expensive to the Executive Officers is more costly than profit. Prison, years, is a necessity as well as profit stripping.
I was reading an article about cruise ships the other day, the amount of pollution they generate is insane, from fossil fuels to dirty water dumped at sea. Their fines are less than a season ticket at the Vic
It seems that Southern Water's £90 million fine for dumping untreated sewage wasn't enough of a deterrent. In terms of their profits, it was, you might say, just a drop in the ocean - or in the Channel.
Shocking.. Should be disbanded.. Why on earth public services should remain privatised and allowed to profiteer is beyond me....
For those who believe there is little to worry about as we continue to abuse the planet, just see how quickly things can change. www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/14/amazon-rainforest-now-emitting-more-co2-than-it-absorbs
And now this - the Gulf Stream collapsing. Chillier winters ahead. https://www.theguardian.com/environ...ts-spot-warning-signs-of-gulf-stream-collapse
