You might feel differently if you’ve been stung by one, but there are few things I find sadder than honey bees dying in mass numbers. So why are they dying?\u00a0 Pesticides Action Network provided this explanation.<\/p>\n
Finding an average of 8 different pesticides — at times up to 31 — in honeybee hives, a new study illuminates the “unprecedented” pesticide load place on bees and other pollinators, according to ScienceNews<\/a>. Noting that the mix, or synergistic effects, of the pesticide burden borne by bees may be much more harmful than any one chemical exposure alone, scientists from the American Chemical Society called “for emergency funding to address the myriad holes in our scientific understanding of pesticide consequences for pollinators.”<\/p>\n Past Food and Faith posts on bee deaths (most recent at top):<\/p>\n