How bees are harmed by common crop pesticides
Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 14:30
in Biology & Nature
A widely used insecticide can threaten the health of bumblebee colonies and interfere with the homing abilities of honeybees, according to a pair of new studies. Researchers have proposed multiple causes for these declines, including pesticides, but it's been unclear exactly how pesticides are inflicting their damage.