Strictly enforce the law and save the bees! Italian prosecutors sued corn farmers for wrongful killing of bees with improper use of drugs, committing the crime of environmental damage

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It is so difficult to know and cherish each other, and the everlasting friendship between bees and flowers is now difficult to sustain. Flowers stained with pesticides have become a fatal attraction, and for the third year in a row, the tragedy of bee carcasses all over the valley has been reported in Nantou Puli, with the main culprit pointing to the insecticide fenpril.

On the other side of the world, Italy has already stopped using fenpril and banned the use of drugs during flowering, even following in the footsteps of the European Union since the end of 2018. But the bees are still restless.

The purpose of restricting and banning pesticides is to maintain an environment conducive to the survival of bees in order to allow bees to pollinate crops. in order to prevent farmers from mistakenly touching the law, the wrong use of drugs leads to the death of bees, and to teach them to use drugs correctly and effectively, just like having a driver's license to drive on the road. Italian farmers need to take classes and obtain licenses before they can buy pesticides, and they have to take classes again and renew their licenses every two years.

In Italy, fenpril and nicotine are banned, but bees are still restless (Photo / Zheng Jieyi) accidentally injure bees with pesticides. Prosecutors accuse farmers of "committing crimes of environmental damage".

Last spring, bee farmers in Udine, northeastern Italy, found a large number of dead bees and hurriedly informed the police of the Forest Guard to investigate in the fields. Originally, there should be 60,000 bees drilling in a beehive, but only 10,000 to 20,000 bees are scattered. It is estimated that more than 400 cases were hijacked by bees and more than 20 million bees were victimized.

Bee farmers describe that after many bees go out to collect honey and water to return to their nests, they tremble all over and die.

Prosecutor Doerte Disco (Viviana Del Tedesco), after hearing this, followed the evidence of the Forest Guard and indicted 38 farmers, accusing them of "committing the crime of environmental damage." According to the additional provisions of Article 452 of the Italian Criminal Code, endangering air, water and soil, destroying ecosystems and biodiversity, etc., are punishable by two to six years' imprisonment and a fine of 10,000 to 100,000 euros.

Delt disco suspects that farmers illegally use nicotine-like pesticides to treat corn seeds. In order to