Study Finds Neonicotinoids Cause Compound-Specific Harm to Bumblebees

Study Finds Neonicotinoids Cause Compound-Specific Harm to Bumblebees

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/

Honeybees Can Survive Pesticides But Harms Wild Bees!

"For the first time, a research project has investigated how a neonicotinoid pesticide, clothianidin, affects both honeybees and wild bees in an agricultural landscape. The study shows that honeybees can cope with exposure to the pesticide, but that it has a strong negative impact on wild bees."

Lund University. (2015, April 22). Pesticide harms wild bees, unique field study shows. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 24, 2015 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150422135754.htm