Culprit found for honeybee deaths in California almond groves
Monday, February 4, 2019 - 13:40
in Biology & Nature
'Fungicides, often needed for crop protection, are routinely used during almond bloom, but in many cases growers were also adding insecticides to the mix. Our research shows that some combinations are deadly to the bees, and the simplest thing is to just take the insecticide out of the equation during almond bloom.'