A recent report shows that drought, pesticides, and starvation combined to kill almost half of the domestic bee population in 2012.
"Pretty strong links exist especially to the neonicotinoid pesticides," according to Jeff Miller of the Center for Biological Diversity, an Arizona-based nonprofit group. "There's some science showing that pesticide impacts may be increasing vulnerability to disease."
The USDA estimates that one-third of all food and beverages are made possible by pollination, mainly by honeybees.
You'll want to read in my new novel, AS ALL MY FATHERS WERE, scheduled for publication November 15, 2013, how farmers who use industrial farming methods instead of organic methods are polluting the air, land and water along the Platte River in Nebraska. You can read the first chapter on my website, www.jimmisko.com Happy reading.
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