On Jun 25, 5:41*pm, sf > wrote:
> 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.

The poison seems to lower the bees' resistance.
http://tinyurl.com/43hlfqb
http://tinyurl.com/3l6opku

Jerry
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