Pesticides Impair Bee's Pollination Skills!



Another study, this time from researchers at the University of Guelph, finds that at very low levels the neonicotinoid pesticide thiamethoxam affects the foraging behavior of bumble bees, changing their floral preferences, hindering their ability to learn and extract nectar and pollen.

Study Finds Bee's Pollination Skills Impaired by Pesticides. Beyond Pesticides. March 16, 2016. http://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2016/03/study-finds-bees-pollination-skills-impaired-by-pesticides/