neonicotinoids

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plodder
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neonicotinoids

Post by plodder » Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:29 am

I’ve previously encountered scepticism that pesticides are responsible for the decline in bee populations.

Some new evidence that they may be:

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/195793/ ... velopment/

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Re: neonicotinoids

Post by Gfamily » Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:11 am

plodder wrote:
Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:29 am
I’ve previously encountered scepticism that pesticides are responsible for the decline in bee populations.

Some new evidence that they may be:

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/195793/ ... velopment/
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