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Why are honeybees disappearing?

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The Effects of Pesticides on Bees

IAPV is a virus discovered by Israeli scientists in 2002 and it causes trembling paralysis and death in bees. In 2007, researchers introduced IAPV into some hives and then kept some other ones separate so that they wouldn't become infected because honeybees are very social. That seems to me to be a real red flag here. But not case closed because there are some other factors that may weigh in as well. Specifically Chuck, the neo-nichotinoid.

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