Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 4/13/18


Hive-bound young honey bees (Apis mellifera) are being poisoned by insecticide and weed killer gathered by their foraging hive mates, according to new research published in the Journal of Experimental Biology. The chemicals cause brain damageœ in young worker bees, affecting both their ability to taste and to learn, placing the future of the colony at risk.Recent research in Europe and the USA has demonstrated that insecticides known as neonicotinoids have a substantial impact on honey bee health.

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