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Bees exposed to neonic pesticides suck at gathering pollen
2014-01-31 20:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: First plant STDs, and now this? Bees these days just can`t catch a break: New research shows that bumblebees that have been exposed to neonic pesticides are hopeless when it comes to gathering food. British scientists reared commercial bumblebees for two weeks on sugar and pollen laced with imidacloprid, which is one of the world`s most commonly used insecticides. The pesticide concentration mimicked that found in farmed oil seed rape, which is grown for biofuel, vegetable oil, and animal feed....
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