Study Finds Imidacloprid Safe for Honey Bees at Realistic Exposure Levels
"..a new study from the University of Maryland shows that the worlds most common insecticide imidacloprid does not significantly harm honey bee colonies at real-world dosage levels.
Everyone is pointing the finger at these insecticides, said Galen Dively, emeritus professor of entomology at UMD and lead author of the study. If you pull up a search on the Internet, thats practically all anyone is talking about. This paper says no, its not the sole cause. It contributes, but there is a bigger picture.
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