> I should note, very few of the 400 chemicals were pesticides - they 
> include everything from natural hive products to industrial pollutants. 
> Please  understand, in areas such as urban regions of the east coast, we 
> found levels of  chemicals like benzene (a common solvent and a breakdown 
> product from fuel) in  beehives to EXCEED OSHA permissible levels for 
> indoor air quality in  laboratories.

I recall writing maybe a decade ago when beekeepers were trying to figure 
the cause of the last great die-off which was happening at that time that 
something like a change in the formulation of gasoline could have subtle, 
continent-wide effects that would be almost impossible to figure out.

That die-off is now almost completely forgotten, it seems, but it was not 
unlike CCD in its ubiquity and mysteriousness.

 

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