[Pollinator] Controversial Pesticide Linked to Bee Collapse - Wired News

[Eric Mader]

Wired News, March 30, 2012 (by Brandon Kiem):

"A controversial type of pesticide linked to declining global bee
populations appears to scramble bees’ sense of direction, making it hard for
them to find home. Starved of foragers and the pollen they carry, colonies
produce fewer queens, and eventually collapse…"

Full article is available here:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/neonicotinoids-bee-collapse/

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