Articles by Claire Thompson
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Honeybee Problem Nearing a ‘Critical Point’
Claire Thompson – Grist,
23 Jan 2012
Of particular concern is a group of pesticides, chemically similar to nicotine, called neonicotinoids (neonics for short), and one in particular called clothianidin. Instead of being sprayed, neonics are used to treat seeds, so that they’re absorbed by the plant’s vascular system, and then end up attacking the central nervous systems of bees that come to collect pollen.
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