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08/24/2022
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By Mary Villareal
Study: Pesticides are highly damaging to beneficial insects like bees
Pesticides damage nervous systems of bees in a way that they cannot orient themselves properly after exposure. Scientists have found that the chemicals sulfoxaflor and imidacloprid, which are commonly sprayed onto plants to kill insects, block signals between nerves and target cells. This proves that pesticides are also highly damaging to beneficial insects like bees. To […]
11/28/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Deadly pesticides can harm bee populations for generations, study finds
A recent study showed that pesticides can harm bee populations for generations. The paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, found that bee populations can take a hit for generations once a bee is exposed to a common pesticide in its first year of life. Lead author […]
09/07/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Big lifters: Bees can carry almost their own bodyweight back to the hive when in “economy mode”
A recent study found that bumblebees, the plump, fuzzy relatives of honey bees, are actually heavy lifters, able to fly back to their hive with almost their own body weight in nectar. The study, conducted by scientists at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) showed that bees can fly using an “economy mode” that uses less energy […]
08/19/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Study finds pesticides kill bees even below recommended doses
A new study from the University of California, Riverside revealed that a common class of insecticides is harmful to bees even below recommended doses. Neonicotinoids are insecticides that protect plants from harmful insects like aphids; however, they can also seriously harm beneficial insects like bees. This insecticide, which is chemically similar to nicotine, is widely used by commercial growers. […]
08/08/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Pesticide cocktails found to be more dangerous to bees than expected
Combinations of different pesticides are harmful to bees — important insects that help pollinate the environment, according to a recent study. There is global concern over declines in pollinators, and these cocktail pesticides could be detrimental to already endangered bee populations. “Interactions between multiple agrochemicals significantly increase bee mortality,” the study’s lead author, Harry Siviter […]
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