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Pollinating bees may be a farmer's best friend, but that doesn't save them from being accidentally dosed by the pesticides used to rid fields of less welcome insects. One suspect is Imidacloprid, an insecticide ingredient discovered by Bayer. Now banned in France, it's been blamed for triggering a decline in bee populations. (Bayer denies that Imidacloprid is behind...
What the Doubters Say: Despite France's 1999 ban, bee numbers there continued to drop. Studies of CCD have found no common environmental factor, meaning that Imidacloprid too could be simply one of many causes. All the unanswered questions have beekeepers buzzing. "Something out there is ruining my livelihood," says David Hackenberg, the Pennsylvania beekeeper who first reported CCD. "And there's nothing I can do about...
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