Pesticides Don’t Cause Bee Colonies to Collapse

“EPA Study Finds That Neonics Not Causing Colony Collapse Disorder In Bees,” By Hank Campbell.
A few years ago, bees suddenly had a sharp decline in numbers. This “Colony Collapse Disorder” as it is called, is a disorder in the sense that it is a recurring phenomenon, detailed for the last 1,000 years even when record-keeping just consisted of sporadic anecdotes. It was noted more frequently as record-keeping became more thorough. so it appeared far more often by the 1800s. By the 1900s, record-keeping had improved enough that there were seven recorded instances of this CCD phenomenon just in the United States. Read more.