New pesticides may harm bees as much as existing ones – study

Ability of bumblebees to reproduce, and rate at which colonies grow, compromised by new sulfoximine-based insecticides A new class of pesticides positioned to replace neonicotinoids may be just as harmful to crop-pollinating bees, researchers have warned. In experiments, the ability of bumblebees to reproduce, and the rate at which their colonies grow, were both compromised by the new sulfoximine-based insecticides, they reported in the journal Nature. Continue reading... source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/16/new-pesticides-may-harm-bees-as-much-as-existing-ones-study #Headlines by: Agence France-Presse

Original Post: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/16/new-pesticides-may-harm-bees-as-much-as-existing-ones-study