At least when it comes to how farmers in the United States pollinate their crops.
According to a NY Times article, last March a "mysterious malady" had caused nearly 50 percent of the bee hives needed to pollinate crops to die out. I repeat, NEARLY FIFTY PERCENT. Even though there's been a rise in bee ailments and deaths since the mid 2000's in the United States this number baffled scientists. One possible explanation is that certain pesticides had recently increased their toxicity, creating a new class of pesticides called neonicotinoids.
Here's the full article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/science/earth/soaring-bee-deaths-in-2012-sound-alarm-on-malady.html?smid=pl-share
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