Thursday, July 23, 2015

Honeybees Show Evidence of Insecticide

The New York Times
PinP photo
More than 70 percent of pollen and honey samples collected from foraging bees in Massachusetts contained neonicotinoids, a type of insecticide that has been linked to colony collapse disorder, researchers are reporting. Story here.

1 comment:

PinP said...

How much proof do we need before we ban these damn "neonics?"

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