Colony Collapse Disorder Linked To Pesticide, High-Fructose Corn Syrup 398
hondo77 writes "Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health '...have re-created the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder in several honeybee hives simply by giving them small doses of a popular pesticide, imidacloprid.' This follows recently-reported studies also linked the disorder to neonicotinoid pesticides. What is really interesting is the link to when the disorder started appearing, 2006. 'That mechanism? High-fructose corn syrup. Many bee-keepers have turned to high-fructose corn syrup to feed their bees, which the researchers say did not imperil bees until U.S. corn began to be sprayed with imidacloprid in 2004-2005. A year later was the first outbreak of Colony Collapse Disorder.'"
This 'science' is for the bees! (Score:3, Funny)
- Big Corn
Re:Tangential Jab (Score:0, Funny)
For the benefit of those of us unaware of any controversy, what kind of emotional response could be triggered by mentioning high-fructose corn syrup?
Disgust.
A shudder of disgust runs through me when I see a 400 pounder sucking on a Coca-Cola (basically a mixture of high-fructose corn syrup and water).
Re:Still needs more research (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Still needs more research (Score:5, Funny)
My guess is that he's a Ruby on Rails programmer. That clearly makes him qualified to hold an authoritative opinion on any matter in any field.
Re:Still needs more research (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, I didn't realize we were calling ROR kids "programmers" now.
Re:Explained in Article! (Score:5, Funny)
It's a neurotoxin that causes paralysis by disrupting a neurotransmitter that's present in insects but not in warm-blooded animals. It acts on contact.
Does it also affect reptiles and other cold-blooded animals, or just the insect world? I'm just curious because I wonder if we feed this to politicians and lawyers it might solve all the world's problems and result in world peace.
Re:Still needs more research (Score:4, Funny)