Honeybees at a fifty year low.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...ories/?hpid=z3
The Europeans suspect neo-nicotinoid pesticides (tabacco juice) and have banned them for two years to see if their suspicions are confirmed. In the US we're so afraid of big agro to the point of calling for more studies instead of actually doing something. More tail wagging the dog, I suspect.
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