Study: Glyphosate Weed-killer Spreading to Bee Larvae and Threatening World’s Bee Supplies

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Bee On Flower

Young bee on an almond blossom. Most of the bees in the U.S. are transported to California every year to pollinate the state’s almond trees, most of which are in the San Joaquin Valley, home to the nation’s largest agricultural area and heavy use of pesticides and herbicides, like glyphosate-based RoundUp Ready. Story.

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Health Impact News Editor

A new study has been published out of Argentina showing how bee exposure to the herbicide glyphosate is affecting the development of honey bee broods.

Published in PLOS One, the title of the …read more

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