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I was looking for past pesticide kills and found this:
http://www.birc.org/SeptOct2008.pdf
An interesting article on IP and bees from 2008.
In California alone, pesti-
> cides killed about one million bee
> colonies between 1966 and 1979.
> Large numbers of bees were killed
> by organochlorine, carbamate,
> pyrethroid, and organophosphate
> pesticides. In the 1970s, farmers
> adjusted application methods to
> help protect bees. Efforts were
> made to restrict pesticide applica-
> tions while crops are in bloom, and
> during times when honey bees are
> actively foraging. However, residual
> pesticides have undoubtedly kept
> bees under stress (NAS 2007;
> Atkins 1992; Johansen 1977; Morse
> 1975).
>
Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine
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