Bees here now: Home Depot and Lowe’s to phase out neonic-treated plants
Story Date: 1/22/2016

 

Source: MOUNTAIN XPRESS, 1/15/16

In the past few months, two major chain retailers have been busy bees. Both The Home Depot and Lowe’s have begun phasing out the sale of flowering plants containing pesticides called neonicotinoids, which have been linked to declining populations of bees and other pollinators.

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