“Environmental Activists Continue to ‘Bee’ Wrong about Honeybee Health Challenges,” Angela Logomasini.
Bloomberg reports some good news this week: Honeybee hive health has improved and so-called colony collapse disorder (CCD) is less of a problem than it was before. Yet CCD has never really been the major challenge to bees. Environmental activists have used it as an excuse to advance pesticide regulations, spreading misinformation about its causes and impact. May Berenbaum, an entomologist at the University of Illinois, notes in the Bloomberg story: Read more.
