Friday, June 1, 2012

Pesticides turn bees into picky eaters

This article talks about how neonicotinoids affect the bees negatively. They say that the bees only want nectar that has a higher sugar content. This phenomenon reminded me of obesity in humans. They only want sugary food. They dance less or not at all and they have decreased memory. Just like in humans. This pesticide may be one of the factors to the decrease in honey bees and this is alarming because we need bees for almost every aspect of living.

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