Pesticides not sole cause of declining bee numbers
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 07:02
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite a growing worldwide clamor to ban pesticides linked to honey bee deaths, multiple factors contribute to the declining honey bee population, not just one class of insecticides, says Extension Apiculturist and noted honey bee expert Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology.
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