Pesticides not yet proven guilty of causing honeybee declines, new study says
Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 13:00
in Earth & Climate
The impact of crop pesticides on honeybee colonies is unlikely to cause colony collapse, according to a paper in the journal Science today. More research is now needed to predict the impact of widely-used agricultural insecticides, called neonicotinoids, on honeybee populations.