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From @JT 's link:I read one a while back that said the decline was not in agricultural colonies as much as very specific wild species most of which are not in CONUS.
Probably fire whoever let this out, like they did with the bears.First the polar bears are OK, now the bees? What are they going to do?
This is how DDT went away - one of the most effective pesticides known to man.
Not to mention virtually harmless to mammals. The only claim of harm was that it was thinning the walls of condor eggs which were endangered.
Which led to a movement and a book called silent spring which claimed all birds would be extinct if the label wasn’t pulled.
10 years after its removal it was proven that the condor egg thinning was cyclical and had nothing to do with DDT runoff. But of course the label was never reinstated.
Not to mention virtually harmless to mammals. The only claim of harm was that it was thinning the walls of condor eggs which were endangered.
Which led to a movement and a book called silent spring which claimed all birds would be extinct if the label wasn’t pulled.
10 years after its removal it was proven that the condor egg thinning was cyclical and had nothing to do with DDT runoff. But of course the label was never reinstated.
Lol. Were y'all typing at the same time?Most insect pests became resistant to DDT. Roaches actually started eating the stuff. And it really put a hurt on birds, especially raptors, as it thinned their egg shells. The birds would crush them when they tried to incubate. Once it was banned they rebounded. The Bald Eagle, Brown Pelican, and Bluebird populations crashed and many species were listed. Now once more they are quite common.
Lol. Were y'all typing at the same time?