National Honey Bee Awareness Day

- In 2008 the United States Congress passed a law requiring the USDA to produce an annual report on its progress in the area of Colony Collapse Disorder http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/br/ccd/ccd_pr...
- First introduced in 2009 by Tom Vislack the United States Agriculture Secratary http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s....
- Also know as National Honey Bee Day http://www.nhbad.com/
- As early as 1990 scientists have been looking into the effect of pesticides on honey bees and their disappearence. http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/pes...

National Honey Bee Awareness Day was designated in the United States by the USDA as August 22nd. National Honey Bee Awareness Day is a grass roots effort to improve the social acuity in the areas of Colony Collapse Disorder and the use of chemicals or pesticides in modern commercial agriculture as they harmfully effect the primary source of commercial pollination, honey bees. August 22nd 2009 was the inaugural recognition of National Honey Bee Awareness Day as its debut was announced by the USDA on August 20th 2009.http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2009/08/0394.xml

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