It's been a tough few weeks for Monsanto.

If you’ve been waiting to finally see Monsanto – one of the most hated companies in the world – to pay for its ecocide, knowing harm of human life, and devastation of our pollinators, then you won’t have to wait much longer. 
 

While Germany's Bayer CropScience spokespeople maintain that their pesticides, Calypso and Lizetan formulations, are not toxic to bees, Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND) says that just the opposite is true. BUND feels that the products, which contain the neonicotinoid thiacloprid, are harmful to bees and, as such, has been involved in public awareness efforts.

The nut apologists missed some important facts. 

What do almond trees have to do with honeybees? It turns out that when you grow almond trees in vast monocrops, pollination from wild insects doesn't do the trick. Each spring, it takes 1.6 million honeybee hives to pollinate the crop—about a million of which must be trucked in from out of state. Altogether, the crop requires the presence of a jaw-dropping 60 percent of the managed honeybees in the entire country, the US Department of Agriculture reports.

New Report Charges EPA Ignored Staff Warnings, Approved Widespread Use of Dangerous Pesticides

Pesticides & The Perfect Crime: In The widespread bee die-offs, bees often just vanish. One Beekeeper calls it the Perfect Crime -- no bodies, no murder weapon, no bees. What's happening to the bees? 

Home Depot and Lowe's are under fire for selling pesticides that some believe are partly to blame for killing billions of honeybees.