Now there are other articles about this topic than the one I posted in the link below. I believe some of you know about the massive decline in honeybee populations in the United States (also known as apis mellifera). I believe that we know the dangers that insecticides poses for honeybees - they are insects of course. However, it appears that a cocktail of pesticides (and not merely one pesticide) is hampering the honeybees' ability to fight off parasites. The article states that pollen contaminated with fungicides made a sample of bees less able to resist infections (say, from a parasite such as nosema ceranae). This issue is currently under investigation.

Honeybees are important to the agriculture business. And yet their numbers are falling - possibly due to decreased ability to fight infections such as those from nosema ceranae. What does the myUMBC community think about this issue?

This posting has been edited to remove errors.