U. Minnesota researchers are looking to solve the mysterious and rapid decline of the U.S. honey bee population in a study announced Wednesday.
Marla Spivak, professor in the Department of Entomology, said. “All of our quality nutritional foods like fruits, vegetables and nuts are pollinated by bees.”
It is this important role that Spivak said is in serious danger.
“Nutritionally, they are struggling,” Spivak said. “And the food they are eating is contaminated.”
Spivak will work with scientists around the country in a three-year study to analyze the effect pesticides and environmental factors have on the health of honey bees in North Dakota, which is the leading honey bee state in the nation.
Spivak said she has found 198 different pesticides in honey bee pollen.
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