Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream will eliminate the use of ingredients from glyphosate-dried crops: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/ben-and-jerrys-weedkiller-ice-cream-discovery-a7993086.html Why? See: http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/glyphosate-cancer-data/ ...and then read: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/weed-whacking-herbicide-p/ <https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/weed-whacking-herbicide-p/>entropy-15-01416.pdf http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/4/1416/htm My extensive training as a physiologist makes this a no-brainer for me: Humans should avoid glyphosate consumption meaning they should not eat crops treated with glyphosate, especially for "drying" purposes. But what about bees? Does glyphosate harm bees? There are mixed reports: https://entomologytoday.org/2015/10/13/glyphosate-acetamiprid-low-toxicity-honey-bees-2/ http://www.honeysolutions.com/roundup-what-impact-does-this-herbicide-have-on-bees-and-food/ http://jeb.biologists.org/content/jexbio/218/17/2799.full.pdf Christina *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html