The Neonicotinoid View: Is Dumbing Up The Data Effective?

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In this week’s segment of The Neonicotinoid View, host June Stoyer and Colorado beekeeper, Tom Theobald talk to Dr. Robert S. Schick from Duke University who was the lead researcher on a review of what is referred to as the Pilling’s study which was conducted by Syngenta. The research consisted of a four-year field study which investigated the long-term effects of repeated exposure of honey bee colonies to flowering crops that were treated with thiamethoxam. We’re going to take a closer look at this study according to what the data is proposing to tell us.

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Dr Jonathan Lundgren Discusses True Reality Facing Bees

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Are neonicotinoids a genuine problem impacting honeybees? What is the true reality facing all pollinators? In this week’s segment of The Neonicotinoid View, former USDA scientist, Dr. Jonathan Lundgren, founder of Blue Dasher Farm, talks to host June Stoyer and Colorado beekeeper, Tom Theobald about what the reality is for honeybees regarding the impact of neonicotinoids.

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