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7. I assume they have been affected by the pesticides that have been devastating the bees

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:04 AM

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If farmers are smart, they will be using better techniques to reduce the amount of pesticides, because they need the bees as much as anybody. But in my area, about 98% of the plant farming is corn or soybeans, which need no bees.

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