Not true, here is one of the scientific studies that show the correlation:
Detection of Pesticides in Active and Depopulated Beehives in Uruguay
Lucía Pareja,1 Marcos Colazzo,1 Andrés Pérez-Parada,1 Silvina Niell,1,2 Leonidas Carrasco-Letelier,3 Natalia Besil,1 María Verónica Cesio,1 and Horacio Heinzen1,*
During the last fifteen years, a continued depopulation of beehives has been reported in USA, Italy, France and Spain and other countries. This phenomenon which is characterized by bees suddenly abandoning beehives, with evidence of bee death, is called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in the United States. ...
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The colony collapse disorder (CCD) has been reported in areas where intensive agricultural practices constitute the main economic activity. Particularly in Uruguay, continuous beehives losses were recorded since 2002. After this first event, a monitoring program has been established showing that the major losses occurred in regions where soy and sunflower crops are the most important agricultural activities during summer
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3210585/
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