How Common Crop Pesticide Harms Bees (2 of 3) (IMAGE)

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How Common Crop Pesticide Harms Bees (2 of 3)

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This is a buff-tailed bumblebee, <i>Bombus terrestris</i>. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the March 29, 2012, issue of <i>Science</i> Express, published by AAAS. The paper, by Dr. P.R. Whitehorn at the University of Stirling in Stirling, UK, and colleagues was titled, “Neonicotinoid Pesticide Reduces Bumble Bee Colony Growth and Queen Production.”

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[Photo taken by David Goulson]

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