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Wisconsin’s bees are acting weird. Here’s why.

The Defender
The Defender
Episode • Mar 24, • 35m

Imagine feeling not quite yourself. You don’t feel like taking care of your kids. You can’t find your way to work anymore, don’t want to hang out with anybody. It would be awful.

But it’s happening to bees all around us.

Turns out a pesticide used on virtually all of our corn and soybeans, is harming our pollinators at very low levels of exposure in ways that are rarely studied.

On this episode, hear from a University of Wisconsin Madison researcher who’s been looking at the lives of bees and the impacts of a neurotoxin we put on our food.

Host: Amy Barrilleaux

Guest: Dr. Hames Crall, Assistant Professor of Entomology, University of Wisconsin

Resources for You:

Episode: Neurotoxins on our Plates

Episode: Wisconsin's Vanishing Bee

Episode: No Mow May, Does it Work?

Understanding the Impact of Neonicotonoid Pesticides

Wisconsin Neonic Forum Video Series