Tag: Bees Poisoned

NOVANEWS Gathered by Addled Forager Bees By Brandon Turbeville Natural Blaze   New research in both Europe and the United States has demonstrated yet another disturbing link between insecticides known as neonicotinoids and their adverse effects on honey bees. Prior to the research, which was conducted at the University of Buenos Aires by Carolina Gonalons and Walter M. Farina, it was already widely known that chemicals like Glyphosate, the most widespread weedkiller in history, is at least partly responsible for the decline in the bee population. The new research decided to examine the effects of “field-realistic concentrations” of common farm chemicals on young worker bees. As Sustainable Pulse writes, The role of worker bees is related to age. Young worker bees perform vital t...