Maybe this is why bees are doing well around corn and canola. The sensationalists are going to have to find another whipping boy.
http://entomologytoday.org/2014/02/06/neonicotinoids-barely-found-in-pollen-of-seed-treated-plants/
When the researchers tested corn, one neonic was not found at all in the pollen; two others were found, but at extremely low levels, with the highest having a mean of 2.3 parts per billion. To put that into perspective, one part per billion equals one second in 32 years.
When they tested soybean flowers and cotton nectar, they found no traces at all.
“It’s not being expressed in the reproductive parts of the plants,” said Dr. Lorenz.
http://entomologytoday.org/2014/02/06/neonicotinoids-barely-found-in-pollen-of-seed-treated-plants/
When the researchers tested corn, one neonic was not found at all in the pollen; two others were found, but at extremely low levels, with the highest having a mean of 2.3 parts per billion. To put that into perspective, one part per billion equals one second in 32 years.
When they tested soybean flowers and cotton nectar, they found no traces at all.
“It’s not being expressed in the reproductive parts of the plants,” said Dr. Lorenz.