Federal regulators agree honeybee decline linked to ‘local stressor’ mix
November 7, 2016
From: Western Farm Press
Karen Francone of Cal DPR says federal regulators agree that believe colony collapse disorder is tied to many local stressors – varroa mite, pathogens, poor nutrition due to reduced forage habitat, increased reliance on supplemental diets, pesticide exposure, and long transits moving bees from place to place.
Francone, Cal DPR’s environmental program manager, shared with the CAPCA crowd that many scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USDA, and the global scientific and regulatory community understand that “The general declining health of honey bees is related to complex interactions among local stressors.”
Many of these regulators agree that honeybee decline – referenced as “colony collapse disorder” (CCD) – has a bevy of causes, not just pesticides as opined by some extreme environmentalists.
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