AtomicNixon

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   by AtomicNixon 7y ago

   You are being downvoted because the claim is ridiculous and unsubstantiated. Scientists don't need to be lobbied or prodded into tearing shitty research papers to shreds. It's what they do. Science is an adversarial sport, that
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   by AtomicNixon 7y ago

   Most definitely not. This is what happens. Article also contains a good summary of how the science was manipulate to get the ban in place. https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/01/09/with-the-bee-c...
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   by AtomicNixon 7y ago

   Actually, here's the real story behind how the ban came about. The guidelines were manipulated so that all the realistic field studies had to be discounted. The lab studies basically amounted to "We fed insecticide to bees and i
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   by AtomicNixon 7y ago

   It's actually the pollination industry that's the root of the problem as I see it, and there's a lot of evidence to support it. There has been a major shift in the past couple of decades and now pollination services account
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   by AtomicNixon 7y ago

   Really? I find that hard to believe seeing as not one in fifty beekeepers blame pesticides for their losses. Would you prefer the reintroduction of pesticides that actually do for certain kill bees? It's the mites and the diseases t