Honeybees pick up ‘astonishing’ number of pesticides via non-crop plants
Story Date: 6/6/2016

 

Source: PHYS.ORG, May 2016

Text of StoryPhys.Org: A Purdue University study shows that honeybees collect the vast majority of their pollen from plants other than crops, even in areas dominated by corn and soybeans, and that pollen is consistently contaminated with a host of agricultural and urban pesticides throughout the growing season.

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