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| Author: | Adrak [ Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | EPA seriously concerned about effect of pesticides on bees |
Bees in more trouble than ever after bad winter AP This does not even begin to take in to account GM crops that are producing their own pesticides. Quote: EPA officials said they are aware of problems involving pesticides and bees and the agency is "very seriously concerned."
The pesticides are not a risk to honey sold to consumers, federal officials say. And the pollen that people eat is probably safe because it is usually from remote areas where pesticides are not used, Pettis said. But the PLOS study found 121 different types of pesticides within 887 wax, pollen, bee and hive samples... ..."The pollen is not in good shape," said Chris Mullin of Penn State University, lead author. None of the chemicals themselves were at high enough levels to kill bees, he said, but it was the combination and variety of them that is worrisome... ...A study published Friday in the scientific journal PLOS (Public Library of Science) One found about three out of five pollen and wax samples from 23 states had at least one systemic pesticide — a chemical designed to spread throughout all parts of a plant... |
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| Author: | Aethien [ Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:58 pm ] |
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I see dead bees all the time nowadays. What makes this remarkable is that I never saw a dead bee that I can remember (other than being killed, squished, etc.) prior to about 3-4 years ago. Now? I walk outside, unlock the car door, look down - there's a dead bee. That strikes me as odd. I think we need a lot more hummingbirds and lepidopterae. Bees aren't native to North America, anyway. Maybe we just can't sustain the cropland acreage that we've developed over the past 150 years?! |
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| Author: | Stathol [ Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:05 pm ] |
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I wonder how much of this might be due to the extent to which people are renting out their bees for agriculture over huge ranges. Not in terms of overall quantity of pesticide exposure, but at least with respect to the large number of types they get exposed to. It's been suggested that this practice may be greatly increasing their exposure to different kinds of diseases as well, and that this may be at least a partial explanation for colony collapse disorder. But then, it's hard to tell to what extent CCD is even a real phenomenon. I think there probably is something going on, but it's hard to say what. |
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