Saturday, 22 September 2012

Pesticides not yet proven guilty of causing honeybee declines

Pesticides not yet proven guilty of causing honeybee declines: Exeter UK (SPX) Sep 24, 2012



The impact of crop pesticides on honeybee colonies is unlikely to cause colony collapse, according to a paper in the journal Science. More research is now needed to predict the impact of widely-used agricultural insecticides, called neonicotinoids, on honeybee populations.

UK scientists from the University of Exeter and Food and Environment Agency highlight flaws in previous research (publ