40% of honeybee colonies died in the past year according to a recent USDA report and that doesn’t include all the deaths prior to that time. The culprit appears to be a neuro-toxic pesticide marketed by Bayer. It affects the central nervous system that impairs the bee’s mobility, navigation, feeding, foraging, memory, and learning. Bees go foraging and never return, very unusual. When the European Union was presented with this evidence, they immediately suspended the use of the most widely used neonicotinoids.
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