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minus-squareRedex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoI’m not too up to date with this story, but haven’t pesticides been used for forever now? Why would the suddenly cause a 80% drop in population?
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 hours agoneonicotinoids were invited in the 1980s and it’s been recently understood that it’s like a forever chemical. it will get into the dirt and go through the plants and pass on through pollen
minus-square0tan0d@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 day agoIt’s not the same pesticides year over year. My bet is some MBA pushed a tweak to the formula for short term gains. resist
minus-squarenull_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoI think bee populations are under threat from pesticides, habitat reduction, disease, climate change, nutrition, et cetera. Of that list, pesticides are probably the easiest to solve.
I’m not too up to date with this story, but haven’t pesticides been used for forever now? Why would the suddenly cause a 80% drop in population?
neonicotinoids were invited in the 1980s and it’s been recently understood that it’s like a forever chemical. it will get into the dirt and go through the plants and pass on through pollen
Different pesticides?
It’s not the same pesticides year over year. My bet is some MBA pushed a tweak to the formula for short term gains.
I think bee populations are under threat from pesticides, habitat reduction, disease, climate change, nutrition, et cetera.
Of that list, pesticides are probably the easiest to solve.