http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/16/bayer-bees-drugs-business-media-bayer.html

The aspirin giant is under fire from the FDA, Congress, health advocates and
now beekeepers.
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A documentary on the declining population of bees worldwide is causing a
migraine for German drug company *Bayer*.

In *Vanishing of the Bees*, which opened in British theaters this month,
beekeepers blame neonicotinoids, a class of pesticides produced by
*Bayer*<http://finapps.forbes.com/finapps/jsp/finance/compinfo/CIAtAGlance.jsp?tkr=BAYRY.PK>(
BAYRY.PK<http://finapps.forbes.com/finapps/jsp/finance/compinfo/CIAtAGlance.jsp?tkr=BAYRY.PK>-
news
<http://search.forbes.com/search/CompanyNewsSearch?ticker=BAYRY.PK> - people
<http://people.forbes.com/search?ticker=BAYRY.PK>), for so-called Colony
Collapse Disorder. They theorize that neonicotinoids disrupt bees'
navigational abilities, making them dizzy and unable to find their way back
to the hive. There's more at stake than honey on your cereal. Without bee
pollination, a third of the earth's food crops would fail.


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