It was a trash can outside of a convenience store that bees were working. The thought occurred to me that the bees are not only going after fructose sweetened soda but may be fooled by aspartame sweetened soda. So a hypotheses began to form in my mind that perhaps a cause for honey bee decline may be artificial sweeteners that have become ubiquitous in our culture. This is not to let Neonicotinoids which act on the nervous system as well.

Both of these chemicals are relatively new in our environment and should be considered for extensive research.
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