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.

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