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> Could be safe in agricultural use Didn't we find that some pesticide(s) is/are (partially) responsible for bee colony collapse disorder?
by jaekwon 12y ago
> Could be safe in agricultural use
Didn't we find that some pesticide(s) is/are (partially) responsible for bee colony collapse disorder?
- Houshalter 12y agoI don't think so, since many of the pesticides being blamed have been in use long before CCD appeared.
- jonnathanson 12y agoNeonicotinoids, the class of chemical pesticides most commonly blamed for CCD, were introduced into widespread use around the time CCD appeared. I don't think anybody has definitely proven causation (and see the various posts, even today, about problems in deriving causation from correlation). But there appears to be neurobiological evidence for some link between the way the pesticides work and the way bees behave. As far as likely suspects for the cause of CCD go, it's high on the list.
- kaitai 12y agoYes, neonicotinoids are implicated. They are certainly not the only factor, as your (partially) points out, but the evidence seems to indicate that they weaken bees in ways that interact with mites and climate stresses to lead to colony collapse.