Bee populations see improvement after three toxic herbicides are banned from their environment
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<p>‘”It appears that perhaps o e-thir of o r total iet is epe e t, irectly or i irectly, po i sect-polli ate pla ts.” These wor s, writte i 1976 by retire USDA apic lt rist S.E. McGregor, still ri g tr e to ay. To ay, the Eco omics of Pla t Polli atio (as his paper was e title ), are more importa t tha ever, as ho ey bees, b tterflies a other i sect polli ators feel the press re of growi g pop latio s a a overall greater ema for polli ate crops.</p>
<p>To make matters worse, agric lt ral systems i the past ce t ry have move away from tilizi g i tegrate pest ma ageme t strategies, a have aba o e worki g with the at ral efe se mecha isms that are alrea y i here t i crops. Agric lt ral systems to ay rely heavily o sprayi g to s of toxic sy thetic pestici es, i sectici es a herbici es, which i t r ramatically shift the livelihoo a y amics of the ecosystem.’</p>
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