Thursday, July 23, 2015

Honeybees Show Evidence of Insecticide

The New York Times
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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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