On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:39:12 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Avins >
wrote:

> We now know with reasonable certainty which insecticides are killing
> off the bees we depend on for pollination. (They are nicotine
> derivatives.) They have been banned in several European countries, but
> not here. Our regulators say that the evidence in not "conclusive". Is
> this a case of the chemical lobby vs. the farm lobby?

Really? From what I've read, science thinks it's a combination of a
fungus and a virus. Either one alone would not be as devastating, but
both are found in every affected bee colony.

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