Bees facing a poisoned spring

A new generation of pesticides is making honeybees far more susceptible to disease, even at tiny doses, and may be a clue to the mysterious colony collapse disorder that has devastated bees across the world, the US government's leading bee researcher has found. Yet the discovery has remained unpublished for nearly two years since it was made by the US Department of Agriculture's Bee Research Laboratory.

Source: The Independent, 20.01.2011
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/exclusive-bees-facing-a-...

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