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Study: Roundup Weed Killer Could Be Linked To Widespread Bee Deaths
The controversial herbicide Roundup has been accused of causing cancer in humans and now scientists in Texas argue that the world's most popular weed killer could be partly responsible for killing off bee populations around the world.
A new study [open, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1803880115] [DX] by scientists at the University of Texas at Austin posit that glyphosate — the active ingredient in the herbicide — destroys specialized gut bacteria in bees, leaving them more susceptible to infection and death from harmful bacteria.
Researchers Nancy Moran, Erick Motta and Kasie Raymann suggest their findings are evidence that glyphosate might be contributing to colony collapse disorder, a phenomenon that has been wreaking havoc on honey bees and native bees for more than a decade.
Also at Science Magazine.
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(Score: 2) by richtopia on Thursday September 27 2018, @05:01AM (1 child)
Do you keep bees? I've been debating starting but I already have enough hobbies. I'm now thinking that perhaps I should build a beehive as a winter woodworking project, and see if wild bees colonize it. My house is next to a suburban riparian area so I could encroach the hive on public land.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday September 27 2018, @06:00AM
You'll be able to attract wild bees if your frames are equipped with honeycomb foundation. It's a sheet of beeswax that has the hex grid molded into it
Bees can smell that stuff a mile away
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