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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Bees are addicted to the nicotine in neonicotinoid pesticides, and it’s killing them

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Think an addiction of nicotine is bad for you? Well, it’s nothing compared to the bees who are getting addicted to it from neonicotinoid pesticides. Made by companies like Bayer and Syngenta, proponents of the pesticides say they benefit crops by boosting yields and destroying pests, but they also affect the reproduction rates and colony growth of several bee species.

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