Pesticides harm bees and humans
Pesticide exposures are harmful not only to the bees and insects, but to humans. Researchers are looking at how exposure to the chemical neonicotinoid in pollen inhalation could be harmful to us. 62 Bee keepers volunteered to give samples of the honey and pollen they collected from bees and more than 70 percent contained neonicotinoid. Bee colonies have been suffering greatly since 2006. This chemical in pesticide has caused colony collapse disorder where adult bees would abandon their hives each winter. People who inhale the chemicals from the pollen might have allergic reactions from higher levels of neonicotinoids, imidacloprid, and dinotefuran. More research on the other human health risks these pesticides might bring should be conducted.
