Today: Join GLP’s Jon Entine for a Reddit Science AMA on bee health and pesticides
December 13, 2016
From: Genetic Literacy Project
Jon Entine, GLP director, will be holding a Science “Ask Me Anything” entitled Pesticides, Bees and Pollinator Health on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, between 2 pm and 4 pm ET. Questions can be submitted by visiting the AMA at the Reddit Science page at: https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/5i3dfr/science_ama_series_im_jon_entine_executive/
Hi Reddit! I’m Jon Entine, a science journalist and founder of the Genetic Literacy Project and Epigenetics Literacy Project (501c3 as the Science Literacy Project), which cover the intersection of human genetics and agricultural sciences with public policy.
In recent years, I’ve written dozens of articles about honeybees, wild bees, neonicotinoids, plant pests and the critical importance of pollinator health on the GLP, Huffington Post, Forbes, Wall Street Journal and elsewhere. My reporting — examining the research and interviewing the top entomologists — has shown that claims of mass bee die offs (bee-appocalypse) due to pesticides grossly misstates the data. Managed honey bee populations are increasing or stable in North America, Europe and worldwide and wild bees are not endangered.
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