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- Subject Terms:
  BLUMENAUER, Earl, 1948-; CONYERS, John, Jr., 1929-2019; COLONY collapse disorder of honeybees; NEONICOTINOIDS; INSECTICIDES; POLLINATION by bees
- Abstract:
  The article discusses a bill proposed by U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer of Portland, Oregon and John Conyers of Detroit, Michigan that would enact a temporary ban on insecticides linked to bee mortality. The bill asks the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Secretary of the Interior to study bee mortality across the U.S. and the effects of the insecticides known as "neonicotinoids." According to the article, 45% of U.S. beekeepers' colonies died between 2012-2013.