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Britain's beekeepers are at war over their association's endorsement for money of four insecticides, all of them fatal to bees, made by major chemical companies. The British Beekeepers' Association has been selling its logo to four European pesticide producers and is believed to have received about £175,000 in return. The active ingredient chemicals in the four pesticides the beekeepers endorsed are synthetic pyrethroids, which are among the most powerful of modern insect-killers.

Source: The Independent, 12 January 2010
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/beekeepers-fume-at-assoc...

Further information: http://www.britishbeekeeping.com/