Great article by Tom Philpott about recently released studies about the effects of pesticides on bees. It reinforces the wisdom of avoiding pesticides for unknown consequences.
Excerpt below --
Do Bayer's Pesticides Make Worker Bees Lazy?
| Wed Oct. 24, 2012
What does the health of bees have to do with the corn crop? A growing weight of evidence links a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids, which are used on nearly the entire US corn crop, to declining bee health. In March, I looked at three studies that had just been released, two of them published in the prestigious journal Science, making the link. Those papers came on the heels of a damning one from Purdue University researchers (which I discussed here). And now comes yet another, this one (abstract; I have the full study but can't upload it because of copyright issues) published by UK researchers in another prestigious publication, the British journal Nature.
http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/10/yet-another-study-links-bayer-pesticide-bee
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