Honey Bee Crisis: A Global Mystery

An excellent report about the mysterious disappearance of honey bees by science reporter Linda Moulton Howe. This is a problem not only in the United States, by the way. This is happening in other parts of the world, and nobody yet knows the cause or the solution. Here is an excerpt from Linda Moulton Howe's report:

"So far, there are still no answers, but there is a long list of possibilities, which include pesticides and genetically modified crops, also known as GMOs or GMs. Scientists say there is no direct evidence that genetically modified crops are linked to honey bee die-offs. But I have been learning that not much is known about the accumulating impact of pesticides on insects, animals and even people when you consider in this modern world how many combinations of pesticides are used. One pesticide by itself might not destroy honey bees. But what happens when farmers spray herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and rodenticides on land that also has genetically modified crops with pesticides built-in?"

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