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This is a quote from Bee Culture Catch The Buzz from a young 27 yr old, “ I’ve definitely gotten a lot of inquiries from colleges and high schools about beekeeping,” Torres said. “Millennials want to have more of a positive impact on things, and they’re also anxious about all the stuff they see in the media about bees dying, which we call colony collapse disorder.” “ Colony collapse disorder is the phenomenon that occurs when the majority of worker bees in a hive abandon the queen and the immature bees. Researchers have not pinpointed exactly why this happens, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced in 2016 that a widely used neonicotinoid insecticide poses risks to hives. Researchers have found that neonicotinoids short-circuit bees’ memories and navigation abilities.”
Everything I have read on this through BEE-l and other published papers says that the bees do not get a substantial enough dose to have this happen to them out in nature. I am just wondering about this, any comments? I respect Jerry Hayes and this publication.
https://www.beeculture.com/catch-the-buzz-millennials-are-buzzing-about-beekeeping/
Everything I have read on this through BEE-l and other published papers says that the bees do not get a substantial enough dose to have this happen to them out in nature. I am just wondering about this, any comments? I respect Jerry Hayes and this publication.
https://www.beeculture.com/catch-the-buzz-millennials-are-buzzing-about-beekeeping/