What's the Buzz?

i bought some beautiful sunflowers to plant at Home Depot the other day. When I got them home, I saw the plastic tag which read: "This plant is protected from problematic Aphids, White Flies, Beetles and Mealy Bugs". What caught my attention were the words PROTECTED FROM, not the usual RESISTANT TO, which would indicate that the variety had been bred to not be so bothered by a specific issue, usually a wilt or other disease. When I looked at this PROTECTED FROM wording, I thought….yuck, sounds to me like maybe it's got some pesticide thing going on here. Sure enough, I turned the tag over and it said, "TREATED WITH NEONICOTINOIDS. These pesticides are approved by the EPA". Typically that means that the seed was dipped in pesticide before planting. The resulting plant and flowers which grow from such seeds are toxic throughout their lives. Anything that lands on, sucks on, takes a bite of, or pollinates these plants is history. So happy I saw this before I planted them! Doing so would have caused my honeybees certain death. They are now wilting on my screened in patio in order to save pollinators from a horrible fate. Check out this relevant program on LINKTV. You can play the whole thing here at this link. BUYERS BEWARE! "Neonics" are messing with your very much needed FOOD SUPPLY! Killing bees is suicide!!!!

https://www.linktv.org/shows/earth-focus/episodes/neonicotinoids-the-new-ddt?utm_source=Link+Letter&utm_campaign=2607e64f86-LinkLetter_160526&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8c3f106259-2607e64f86-86713901