[Pollinator] Bee-harming pesticides are declining at plant nurseries, report shows

David Inouye inouye at umd.edu
Wed Aug 17 06:13:28 PDT 2016


  Bee-harming pesticides are declining at plant nurseries, report shows

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-bees-pesticides-20160816-snap-story.html
“Our data indicates that compared to two years ago, fewer nurseries and 
garden stores are selling plants pre-treated with systemic neonicotinoid 
insecticides,” said Susan Kegley, a chemist at the Pesticide Research 
Institute and lead author of the report released Tuesday by the 
institute and Friends of the Earth.

-- 
Dr. David W. Inouye
Professor Emeritus
Department of Biology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-4415
inouye at umd.edu

Principal Investigator
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
PO Box 519
Crested Butte, CO 81224

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