Northeast Arkansas Beekeeper, Richard Coy, describes how the use of the herbicide Dicamba is killing the plants his bees need to survive.

Did you know that the herbicide Dicamba, used on genetically modified soybeans, is killing the plants bees depend on for survival? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Richard Coy, beekeeper with Coy’s Honey Farm, Inc., the largest beekeeping operation in Arkansas. Coy explains how and why he is being forced to leave Arkansas and move his hives to southern Mississippi and  near the Canadian border to escape Dicamba drift. Coy emphasizes that beekeeping (and organic farming)  are not compatible with “modern” farming that is dependent upon chemicals. Related website:  https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/jan/05/honey-seller-faults-dicamba-in-closing-/