U.S. Congressmen John Conyers of Michigan and Earl Blumenauer of Oregon have introduced legislation to suspend the registration of neonicotinoid insecticides.

During the third week of July, U.S. Congressmen John Conyers of Michigan and Earl Blumenauer of Oregon introduced the, "Saving America's Pollinators Act of 2013.''

While presenting the legislation, Conyers said, "One of every three bites of food we eat is from a crop pollinated by honeybees. These crops include: apples, avocados, cranberries, cherries, broccoli, peaches, carrots, grapes, soybeans, sugar beets and onions. Unfortunately, unless swift action is taken, these crops, and numerous others, will soon disappear due to the dramatic decline of honeybee populations throughout the country."

This legislation stems from a massive honeybee die-off in Oregon, where more than 50,000 honeybees died after a landscaping business treated flowering trees with neonicotinoid insecticides.