Fungicides may be factor in bee population decline

Scientists at Cornell University “found a shocker” when they analyzed two dozen environmental factors that may be at play in the decline in bumblebee populations: “Fungicides,” says a Cornell release. “The scientists discovered what they call ‘landscape-scale’ connections between fungicide usage, pathogen prevalence and declines of endangered U.S. bumblebees.” Until now, fungicides were regarded as… » Read More

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