Household insecticides may play a role in declining bee populations
By Becky Beyers
Vera Krischik and her lab in the Department of Entomology are exploring a different avenue: how neonicotinoids, a group of insecticides commonly used in urban gardens and forests as well as in agricultural fields, might be making bees less resistant to the parasites and pathogens that researchers now believe are likely causes of Colony Collapse Disorder.
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Source: http://www.cfans.umn.edu/Solutions/Fall2012/Killer_Bottle/index.htm
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