In this week’s podcast, we discuss how the herbicide glyphosate, better known as RoundUp is contributing to the great bee collapse. Huge percentages of bee colonies have been dying recently and no-one has a good answer as to why it is happening. Between Oct. 1, 2018, and April 1, 2019, 37.7% of the managed honey bee population died. Why is this such a big problem?
Honey bees are essential for the pollination of flowers, fruits and vegetables. Much of the produce seen in grocery stores for example melons, apples, peppers, cucumbers and nuts are pollinated by millions of honey bees that travel across the country.
The article of the week this week shows that RoundUp effects bees in negative way and can be one of the major factors killing a huge number of bee colonies. Without these bee colonies, our fruits and vegetables will not get pollinated and won’t grow at all.
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