Lithium chloride kills a honey bee parasite by a systemic mode of action

Re:Lithium chloride kills a honey bee parasite by a systemic... by nerdponx on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @01:04PM (#16170162)

It would be nice to see more attention paid to the well-being of native pollinators, which already take care of themselves in regards to parasites & diseases, but whose numbers have been falling in recent years.

I imagine that the reason this isn't done is because it's not in the interest of Big Ag's medium-term profits.

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Re:Lithium chloride kills a honey bee parasite by a systemic... by varroa on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @01:27PM (#16170380)

Perhaps- native pollinators may be impacted simply by "big ag" techniques, pesticides, or fertilizers, in which case changing practice to care for them is surely seen as burdeonsome, annoying, and impacting profits.

Or, it may be that native pollinators are simply invisible. In other words, they won't know what they've got until it's gone.

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