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BBC: Bee brains damaged by neonicotinoid pesticides (commonly used) [View all]
Neonicotinoid pesticides 'damage brains of bees'Commonly used pesticides are damaging honey bee brains, studies suggest.
Scientists have found that two types of chemicals called neonicotinoids and coumaphos are interfering with the insect's ability to learn and remember.
Experiments revealed that exposure was also lowering brain activity, especially when the two pesticides were used in combination.
The research is detailed in two papers in Nature Communications and the Journal of Experimental Biology.
But a company that makes the substances said laboratory-based studies did not always apply to bees in the wild.
Scientists have found that two types of chemicals called neonicotinoids and coumaphos are interfering with the insect's ability to learn and remember.
Experiments revealed that exposure was also lowering brain activity, especially when the two pesticides were used in combination.
The research is detailed in two papers in Nature Communications and the Journal of Experimental Biology.
But a company that makes the substances said laboratory-based studies did not always apply to bees in the wild.
Much more at the link! I posted this not because I have some great big comment to make, but just to make y'all aware of it.
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