Protecting our Resources

Pesticides Are Creating Pollination Problems and Killing BeesPesticides Are Creating Pollination Problems and Killing Bees

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By Dr. Mercola

Neonicotinoid pesticides, which are widely used in intensive agricultural operations, have been implicated in the decline of bees, particularly in commercially bred species like honeybees and bumblebees.
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Bee Pests & Diseases

• Acarine (tracheal) mites

• American foulbrood

• European foulbrood

• Sacbrood

• Small hive beetle

• Tropilaelaps

• Nosema disease

• Varroa mites

• Wax moths

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It is your responsibility as a beekeeper to report any of the above to the Department of Agriculture 

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