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New study in Nature Scientific Reports quote:
“We were surprised to find such an abundance of fungicides inside the hives, but it was even more surprising to find that fungicides are linked to imminent colony mortality,” said Kirsten Traynor, a postdoctoral researcher in entomology at UMD
I am not surprised. This was discussed here at Bee-L years ago:
Sun, 31 Jan 2010
> I am very concerned about the synergistic effects of combinations of chemicals, as is everyone I know. Furthermore, fungicides represent a new class which may make look neonics look like aspirin by the time this all plays out. -- Borst
Fri, 20 Jul 2007
> The Italians noted that the dithocarbamates, used as fungicides, are considered to be of low toxicity to bees, however, they were the most widespread chemicals in dead bees in cultivated fields. -- Bromenshenk
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