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Skeptoid #524: Colony Collapse Disorder: Science and Pseudoscience

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Paranormal, History, Skeptic, Science, Skepticism, Urban Legends, Social Sciences, Conspiracy Theories

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2016

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Everyone loves to point the finger at the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder; here's what we actually know.

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Everyone loves honey bees and the glorious golden honey they produce while handling the

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critically important job of pollination.

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And everyone was deeply concerned when the world first learned about colony collapse

0:15.2

disorder and the havoc it was wreaking on bee populations.

0:19.4

Well they're doing much better now and we've learned a lot about the cause, but we still

0:24.5

haven't been able to stop it.

0:27.2

colony collapse disorder is coming right up on Skeptoid.

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For listening to Skeptoid I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid dot com.

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colony collapse disorder science and pseudo science.

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