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Originally Posted by HatchetJack
Everything suffers when more people are involved. I read somewhere the bee
population has decreased at the same rate digital radio signals have increased.
They were doing fine when everything was analog and I would say pesticides were
much worse 50 years ago.
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Organo phosphates and carbamides were but these new pesticides weren't around back then. The widespread use of these new ones correlate with the decline and collapse of overwintering hives. It could be that as the bees dehydrate the nectar into honey they are also concentrating the new water soluable pesticide. Here's a wiki on neo nicotinoid pesticides.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-nicotinoid
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