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Glyphosate may not be a pesticide but it is suspected of harming bees in subtle ways.

https://e360.yale.edu/features/bee-alert-is-a-controversial-...

Yes, but the issues once again seems to stem from overexposition and continuous usage (in gardening and arboriculture). I'm not saying we whould continue to use it as we are, we ought to limit it, but reasonable usage exists, like to enhance direct seeding under a vegetative cover (basically you kill your winter vegetative cover with glyphosate and a roller, wait a week, seed under the dying cover). You don't even have to use glyphosate here to be honest, but small quantities really facilitate the work and allow to use a diversified cover.

We should ban glyphosate in gardening and arboriculture though.

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