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Studies fault Bayer in bee die-off A corn pesticide manufactured by the German chemical company Bayer has come under scrutiny in two scientific studies that indicate that it is responsible for mass deaths of pollinating bees.

April 9, 2012
Studies fault Bayer in bee die-off  A corn pesticide manufactured by the German chemical company Bayer has come under scrutiny in two scientific studies that indicate that it is responsible for mass deaths of pollinating bees.

Honeybees fill a hive at Golden Angels Apiary in Singers Glen, Va., last month. Though colony collapse disorder has not affected Valley beekeepers, local hives are still susceptible to a variety of dangers, like neonicotinoids, an insecticide thought to attack the insects’ central nervous system. Michael Reilly/Daily News-Record/AP Studies fault Bayer in bee die-off A corn pesticide manufactured [...]

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