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<DIV> Title: Bees facing a poisoned spring
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<BR> Thursday, 20 January 2011
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http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/exclusive-bees-facing-a-poisoned-spring-2189267.html
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<BR> "A new generation of pesticides is
making honeybees far more susceptible to disease, even at tiny doses, and may be
a clue to the mysterious <BR> colony collapse disorder that has
devastated bees across the world, the US government's leading bee researcher has
found. Yet the discovery <BR> has remained unpublished for
nearly two years since it was made by the US Department of Agriculture's Bee
Research
Laboratory." <BR>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Gill Sans MT" size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR><BR>Laurie Davies Adams<BR>Executive Director<BR>Pollinator
Partnership<BR>P 415 362 1137<BR>F 415 362 3070<BR>423 Washington Street, 5th
Floor<BR>San Francisco, CA 94111<BR><A href="http://www.pollinator.org/">www.pollinator.org</A><BR><A href="http://www.nappc.org/">www.nappc.org</A><U><BR></U>LDA@pollinator.org
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