(Beyond Pesticides, August 1, 2018) According to new research from the University of Sussex, bees living in suburban habitats are still being exposed to high levels of neonicotinoid pesticides. Even ...

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"Bees take the pollen back to the hive and feed it to the brood. This is a number one cause of the colony collapse." ...

A single pesticide application can affect multiple generations of bees, according to a new study published by researchers at the University of California, Davis. “Our findings suggest we need to be ...

European Regulators Confirm Neonicotinoids Harm Bees, Increasing Likelihood of Continent-Wide Ban (Beyond Pesticides, March 2, 2018) Neonicotinoids, the most widely used class of insecticides in the ...

A marked honey bee queen used during the study shown on a wax comb with adult workers, capped cells containing maturing workers, and open cells containing eggs that will develop into workers. (Photo: ...

The story of neonicotinoids is growing more nuanced. Europe has banned outdoor use of three of these insecticides to protect bee populations. Two other neonicotinoids are still permitted, but little ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Western bumblebees are becoming less common in Colorado, dropping nearly 60% since 1998 due to impacts from climate change and the use of a certain pesticide ...

Since 2013, a European Union moratorium has restricted the application of three neonicotinoids to crops that attract bees because of the harmful effects they are deemed to have on these insects. Yet ...

A team of researchers peered inside bumblebee colonies and spied on insects individually labelled with a tiny tag to figure out exactly how exposure to a common insecticide changes their behavior in ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Give a bee neonicotinoids, and it can become addicted. The pesticide, whose name literally means "nicotine-like," has been used commercially since ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The use of neonicotinoids—a common class of pesticides—has increasingly ...