>>149While he is quite concerned about bees and honey, there is no evidence that this is for reasons other than food safety. For humans.
https://www.stallman.org/archives/2012-may-aug.html#13_August_2012_(Urgent:_Death_of_honey_bees)"""US citizens: tell the EPA once more that it should treat the death of honey bees as an emergency."""
https://www.stallman.org/archives/2012-sep-dec.html#10_October_2012_(Urgent:_Ban_honeybee-killing_pesticides)"""US citizens: call on the EPA to ban the pesticides that are killing honeybees."""
https://www.stallman.org/archives/2014-jan-apr.html#29_April_2014_(The_Bee_Crisis)"""Follow the Honey: 7 Ways Pesticide Companies Are Spinning the Bee Crisis."""
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/04/28/follow-honey-7-ways-pesticide-companies-are-spinning-bee-crisishttps://www.stallman.org/archives/2017-sep-dec.html#6_October_2017_(Contaminated_honey)"""Around the world, most honey contains pesticides from the plants that the bees visited."""
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/05/honey-tests-reveal-global-contamination-by-bee-harming-pesticides"""Neonicotinoid insecticides are found in 75% of global honey samples and half contain a cocktail of chemicals"""
https://www.stallman.org/archives/2017-sep-dec.html#24_October_2017_(Honeybees'_future)""""Steady Decline" in Honey Crop Raises Concern for Honeybees' Future."""
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/23/steady-decline-honey-crop-raises-concern-honeybees-future"""British Beekeepers Association survey reveals worrying drop in honey yield, with 62% of beekeepers saying neonicotinoids are to blame"""