Brussels, 02/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - At a hearing organised on Monday by the EP's Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, the representatives of EU beekeepers called for emergency measures to prevent their profession disappearing in areas where plants liked by bees are grown (sunflower, colza and maize) but where the use of a new generation of neurotoxic products has led to a reduction in the size of bee colonies. The beekeepers are calling for a ban on the use of new pesticides for...