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