Honeybee disorders and high colony losses have become global phenomena. An international team of scientists synthesized recent findings on the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on bees. Scientists conclude in the scientific journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability that owing to their large scale prophylaxic use in agriculture, their high persistence in soil and water, and their uptake by plants and translocation to flowers, neonicotinoids put pollinator services at risk.
Source: Utrecht university press release, 7 June 2013
http://pers.uu.nl/scientists-urge-transition-to-pollinator-friendly-agr…
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