This has nothing to do with CCD, NC or even beekeeping, but the link included here shows how many thousands of pounds of pesticide were applied to sweet corn in 2006 in just 14 states. The chart does not show what pesticides were used, or when in the crop cycle...but the numbers are telling.
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/ers/SweetCorn/TABLE92.xls
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