Study: Pesticides Are Creating Pollination Problems and Killing Bees

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By Dr. Mercola

By Dr. Mercola

Neonicotinoid pesticides, which are widely used in intensive agricultural operations, have been implicated in the decline of bees, particularly in commercially bred species like honeybees and bumblebees.

New research published in Nature Communications has now shown these chemicals are leading to long-term population changes in wild bees as well.1

The study involved 18 years of U.K. wild bee distribution data for 62 species, which were compared to amounts of neonicotinoid use in oilseed rape, a crop grown to produce canola oil. The researchers found evidence of …read more

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