Study: Neonics cause queen bees to lay fewer eggs

Queen honeybees fed syrup laced with the pesticide imidacloprid laid significantly fewer eggs—between a third and two-thirds as many—than unexposed bees, according to a new study by University of Nebraska researchers published in the journal Science Reports. “The queens are of particular importance because they’re the only reproductive individual laying eggs in the colony,” said… » Read More

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