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  • From: Alan Haigh <alandhaigh@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [nafex] honeybees killed by insecticides
  • Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 15:52:52 -0400

They've already banned neonicinoids in much of Europe to no benefit to
their bee population. Now there is concern about chlorothalinal, a widely
used fungicide, but it's been in use for several decades. There's also
concern about the affects of Indar, which has been in use for a couple
decades as well. The jury is still out and won't be coming back with a
verdict any time soon, IMO.

I blame colony collapse it on the relentless expansion of organic food
production. The timing of the two events can't be just a coincidence.




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