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Colony Collapse Disorder Linked To Pesticide, High-Fructose Corn Syrup

Posted by timothy on from the eat-your-vegetables-honey dept.

hondo77 writes "Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health '...have re-created the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder in several honeybee hives simply by giving them small doses of a popular pesticide, imidacloprid.' This follows recently-reported studies also linked the disorder to neonicotinoid pesticides. What is really interesting is the link to when the disorder started appearing, 2006. 'That mechanism? High-fructose corn syrup. Many bee-keepers have turned to high-fructose corn syrup to feed their bees, which the researchers say did not imperil bees until U.S. corn began to be sprayed with imidacloprid in 2004-2005. A year later was the first outbreak of Colony Collapse Disorder.'"

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  1. Re:Still needs more research by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Because only people with degrees in any particular field of study are allowed to have an opinion on that field of study.

    Seriously, WTF is your problem? Same to the moron moderator that modded down the comment.

    Stupid fucking teenagers and college "students" who think they know everything.