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Extensive Study Concludes Neonicotinoid Pesticides Harm Bees

posted by martyb on Saturday July 01 2017, @05:10AM   
from the be-nice-to-bees dept.

takyon writes:

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40382086

The most extensive study to date on neonicotinoid pesticides concludes that they harm both honeybees and wild bees. Researchers said that exposure to the chemicals left honeybee hives less likely to survive over winter, while bumblebees and solitary bees produced fewer queens.

The study spanned 2,000 hectares across the UK, Germany and Hungary and was set up to establish the "real-world" impacts of the pesticides. The results are published in Science [open, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa1190] [DX]. Neonicotinoids were placed under a temporary ban in Europe in 2013 after concerns about their impact on bees. The European Commission told the BBC that it intends to put forward a new proposal to further restrict the use of the chemicals.

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• Re:Just the tip of the iceberg? (Score: 3, Insightful) by Gaaark on Saturday July 01 2017, @01:39PM

  by Gaaark (41) on Saturday July 01 2017, @01:39PM (#533899) Journal

  and with the way the money grubbing goes, you have to maintain vigilance against evil... ALWAYS.

  Lobbying with money should not be allowed: it mutes those without it

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