New 'bee safe' pesticides may still cause harm

New pesticides regarded as safe for bees could be causing harm to these vital pollinators when combined with fungicides being applied to crops, reported the Independent newspaper on 11 April. In 2013, the EU introduced a partial ban on three neonicotinoid pesticides – clothianidin, thamethoxam and imidacloprid – which were linked to global bee declines. The ban on the […]