Bee foraging skills impaired by neonicotinoid pesticides

Tuesday, July 8, 2014 - 18:31 in Mathematics & Economics

Common pesticides called neonicotinoids appear to make bumblebees bumble when they would otherwise grow more skilfull at foraging for food. That may be one reason by the pesticides have been linked to declines in bee populations.

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