Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
via Cornucopia.org
By Dr. Mercola
Bee populations are dwindling across the globe, putting one in three food crops like apples and almonds, which depend on pollination from bees, at serious risk.
In the US, beekeepers have reported annual losses of about 33 percent of their hives each year, a level of loss that the Agricultural Research Services reports could threaten the economic viability of the bee pollination industry if it continues1 (and some beekeepers report much higher losses than this at upwards of 70 or, in some cases, 100 percent).
Despite the growing losses, the causes of the massive bee die-offs have yet to be firmly defined, although accumulating research is pointing to a cocktail of agricultural chemicals as a likely primary culprit.
New Study: Fungicides May Be Killing Bees
Systemic neonicotinoid pesticides have been increasingly blamed for bee deaths (and…
View original post 1,389 more words
Thank you for the re-blog 🙂
LikeLike
you are welcome 🙂
LikeLike