Is Bayer responsible for the dying off of the bees?

A new article on Gaia Health claims that Bayer's clothianidin is actually the main culprit in the dying off of the honey bees. Excerpts:

Clothianidin is a neonicotinoid, a neuro poison which is equally toxic to all living creatures, including us. They sicken bees, making them disoriented and weak, leaving them open to a host of secondary infections that they normally discharge without significant problems.

We're facing disaster to the environment, to agriculture, to the food supply, and to our own ability to survive because of the probable loss of bees. Pesticide makers like Bayer and Syngenta profit from the sale of a neurological poison that's the cause of the die-off of bees.

"This is the critical winter for the beekeeping industry. I don't think we can survive. If the beekeeping industry collapses, it jeopardizes a third of American agriculture." Tom Theobold- beekeeper; his honey crops are the smallest he has ever seen in the last 35 years. 

To read EPA's involvement and the rest of the article, please click here.

Bayer (an eco-criminal according to many) is the European equivalent of Monsanto. To read Bayer's history, please click here and here.