Corn seed treatment insecticides pose risks to honey bees, yield benefits elusive

Tuesday, May 23, 2017 - 06:02 in Biology & Nature

Nearly every foraging honey bee in the state of Indiana will encounter neonicotinoids during corn planting season, and the common seed treatments produced no improvement in crop yield, according to a Purdue University study.

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