[armedpacifist]

This isn't about neonics specifically, it's about a range of pesticides that are being used. Again, it doesn't affect only honey bees. Honey bees exist in an ecosystem of pollinators of which they contrive only a small percentage.

There's also the fact that neonics ao. are persistent for at least a couple of years, affecting the crops after the one for which they were originally intended. That is why along with temporarily allowing certain pesticides, certain crops are being prohibited or enforced as a follow up crop.

It gets complicated pretty quickly. Laissez-faire indeed...