Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Farm Expansion Driving US Native Bee Declines

The Ecologist
Bumble bees on chives. PinP photo.
Wild bee decline is closely associated with the advance of intensive farming and habitat loss, a new study shows. It follows an earlier paper that linked 'delayed action' decline of wild bees to exposure to pesticides including fungicides - previously considered 'bee-safe'. More here.

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