News Headline
Bumblebees: Pesticide 'reduces queen egg development'
Source
BBC News
Publication Date
2017-05-03
Use of a common pesticide in spring could have an impact on wild bumblebees by interfering with their life cycle, a UK study suggests.The team, who looked at wild bumblebees caught in the English countryside, say the insecticide, thiamethoxam, reduces egg development in queen bees.