Pesticides and bee population
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RE the April 26 article on the “inexplicable” decline in the honeybee population [“Flight of the Honeybees”]: I was flabbergasted that there was not a single reference to the widespread use of pesticides, not only in agriculture, but also in and around the home. Especially perplexing was the omission of the fact that the use of a particular systemic rose food/insecticide is not only lethal to aphids and spider mites but also to honeybees. Many people who use this product are unaware that it kills good bugs as well as bad.
It’s no wonder that the bee population is dwindling.
MARTHA J. PARKER
Reseda
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