The Co-operative supermarket will prohibit the use of eight pesticides on its fresh produce from Wednesday, January 28 2009. The measure is part of a ten-point strategy designed to help reverse the rapid decline in the British bee population.
If you want to see exactly what the Co-op's ten-point strategy consists of then, you can read it here. I'm sure you will agree that this is great news in the continuing struggle to secure the future of honey bees and Beekeepers in Great Britain, not to mention other pollinating insects as well.
