Field Tests Show Sustained Neonicotinoid Exposure Negatively Affects Bees (IMAGE)

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Field Tests Show Sustained Neonicotinoid Exposure Negatively Affects Bees

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A honeybee worker has an RFID attached to its back that allows York University researchers to monitor when it leaves and returns to the colony, as well as when it is no longer active and presumed dead. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the June 30, 2017, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by N. Tsvetkov at York University in Toronto, ON, Canada, and colleagues was titled, 'Chronic exposure to neonicotinoids reduces honey-bee health near corn crops.'

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Amro Zayed, York University

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