Courtesy of the University of Exeter and World Science staff
Writing in the Sept. 20 issue of the journal Science, U.K. scientists from the University of Exeter and Food and Environment Agency said more work is needed to predict the impact of widelyused agricultural insecticides, called neonicotinoids, on honeybees. The U.K. researchers in particular took issue with one previous study that they said failed to correctly reflect the rate at which honeybee colonies recover from losing members.......When we repeated the previous calculation with a realistic birth rate, the risk of colony collapse under pesticide exposure disappeared," he added. "I am definitely not saying that pesticides are harmless to honeybees, but. our research shows that the effects of thiamethoxam are not as severe as first thought." To Read More........
My Take - I am glad to see that someone has looked into this study and took them to task. Was his study a conclusion in search of data? It happens!
One of the things that absolutely should have alerted scientists that something was wrong is the fact that in spite of the widespread use of neonicotinoids, this isn't a worldwide problem. Apparently Canada, which uses large amounts of these products in their agricultural pest control programs has no CCD problem. I posted an article some months back called; Colony Collapse Disorder: Cause - All Natural! The greenies are irrational and misanthropic and will make any claim against pesticides that is convenient….we really do need to get that! RK
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