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by klmr 2820 days ago
No: glyphosate is a herbicide, and part of its appeal is that — unlike other herbicides — it has very low toxicity for insects. In fact, it was assumed until now to be safe for bees, and the new study also doesn’t claim that it has a direct on bees. Instead, they show that it affects bacteria which occur in the bee’s digestive tract.

(Since you assumed glyphosate was a insecticide, what did you think the purpose of the current study was?)