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Bee Deaths: Two Films Reinforce Same Conclusion

It’s been almost exactly three years since some impulsive research led me to David Hackenberg. I had just watched an advertisement for grub control for lawns and the punchline stated that “one application lasts 12 months.” Compulsively suspect of chemical pesticides, I cringed when I thought of a substance that would persist in the soil for [...]

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‘Nicotine Bees’ Documentary Explains Colony Collapse

It’s been three years since SafeLawns first published its conclusion that Colony Collapse Disorder in bees was linked to a chemical pesticide known as imidacloprid. The deduction, as one beekeeper states in the movie ‘Nicotine Bees,” is so simple “a fifth grader can figure it out.” Of course, the American government still claims not to [...]

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French Warn of Consequences of Pesticides to Bees

In an ongoing saga that some feel impacts the future of the agriculture industry around the world, French beekeepers warned of the potential impacts of a controversial pesticide. Here’s the story: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-17/french-beekeepers-warn-of-losses-because-of-new-bayer-pesticide.html The French were the first to associate Colony Collapse Disorder of bees with a group of pesticides made from synthetic nicotine. Many [...]

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More Evidence Points to Pesticides Killing Bees

This article from San Diego, Ca., provides an interesting analyis: www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/11/08/science/865bees110809.prt

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Further Evidence Implicates Pesticides in Bee Deaths

The University of Florida recently released research that begins to shed more light on the connection between pesticides and colony collapse disorder in bees. Beyond Pesticides posted this article today on its web site: (Beyond Pesticides, November 3, 2009) Research by scientists at the University of Florida (UF) links Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), the widespread disappearance [...]

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What’s Killing the Bees

As the kickoff speaker yesterday for the American Horticultural Society’s day-long event in Alexandria, Va., I was greeted by a warmly receptive audience on a glorious sweltering day. Asked to stick around for questions, I was immediately challenged about a statement that I made during my presentation: “The common insecticide imidacloprid, commonly sold as Merit, [...]

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