Pesticides found in most pollen collected from foraging bees in Massachusetts
Thursday, July 23, 2015 - 18:00
in Biology & Nature
More than 70% of pollen and honey samples collected from foraging bees in Massachusetts contain at least one neonicotinoid, a class of pesticide that has been implicated in Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), in which adult bees abandon their hives during winter, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.