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Big agriculture is killing our bees. We’ll all pay the price | Jennie Durant
We’re thinking about the crisis facing pollinators all wrong. And we’ve come to a crucial moment
Last winter, commercial beekeepers lost more than 60% of their colonies – their worst losses on record. We tend to blame bee losses on separate, singular threats: pests, pesticides, habitat loss or extreme weather. But we’ve been thinking about bee losses wrong.
The real culprit is our industrial food system.
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Jennie Durant · Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 3:00 AM
US news | The Guardian
We’re thinking about the crisis facing pollinators all wrong. And we’ve come to a crucial moment
Last winter, commercial beekeepers lost more than 60% of their colonies – their worst losses on record. We tend to blame bee losses on separate, singular threats: pests, pesticides, habitat loss or extreme weather. But we’ve been thinking about bee losses wrong.
The real culprit is our industrial food system.
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