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This is a research report that studied bee decline. Quick summary: glyphosate seems to reduce the gut bacteria that bees need to stay healthy.
Bee death: Scientists Warn Common Weed Killer Glyphosate Is Killing Honey Bees
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"While bees with healthy microbiomes could fight off Serratia marcescens, a common pathogen which infects bees, those with depleted good bacteria were at greater risk of dying when they came in contact, the researchers found. Half of the healthy bees survived after exposure to the pathogen, compared with a tenth of bees given glyphosate. "
Related article - measurable amounts of glyphosate found in Cheerios and Quaker Oats products. Whether this is harmful is disputed.
What Is Glyphosate? Weed Killing Chemical Found In Children’s Breakfast Foods
Bee death: Scientists Warn Common Weed Killer Glyphosate Is Killing Honey Bees
===quote
"While bees with healthy microbiomes could fight off Serratia marcescens, a common pathogen which infects bees, those with depleted good bacteria were at greater risk of dying when they came in contact, the researchers found. Half of the healthy bees survived after exposure to the pathogen, compared with a tenth of bees given glyphosate. "
Related article - measurable amounts of glyphosate found in Cheerios and Quaker Oats products. Whether this is harmful is disputed.
What Is Glyphosate? Weed Killing Chemical Found In Children’s Breakfast Foods