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Insecticides And Hive Death
by Nick Glossop on March 30, 2012
New Evidence that Our Insecticides are Killing Off the Bees
Scientists call the mysterious wasting-away of the the world’s bee populations “colony collapse disorder.” Researchers have come up with numerous hypotheses to explain the collapse, including parasites, viruses, and — yes — insecticides, but quantifying the impact of these and other suspects has proven to be an onerous task.
Two studies, which are published in this week’s issue of Science,
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