Pesticide-Ridden Pollen Kills Honeybee Larvae Within Hives, New Regulations Urged [View all]
Source: EcoWatch
A group of scientists is urging the US Environmental Protection Agency to change its pesticide regulations after a new study revealed that four pesticides commonly used on crops to kill insects and fungi also kill honeybee larvae within their hives.
Honeybees are vital to to flowering crops and recently their numbers have been declining worldwide as disease and the mysterious colony collapse disorder take their toll.
"Our findings suggest that the common pesticides chlorothalonil, fluvalinate, coumaphos and chloropyrifos, individually or in mixtures, have statistically significant impacts on honeybee larval survivorship," said Chris Mullin, a professor of entomology at Penn State University. Mullin, Penn State entomology professor Jim Frazier, and colleagues from the University of Florida, published their research in the journal PLOS One.
"This is the first study to report serious toxic effects on developing honeybee larvae of dietary pesticides at concentrations that currently occur in hives," Mullin said.
Read more: http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/5789/20140127/pesticide-ridden-pollen-kills-honeybee-larvae-within-hives-new-regulations.htm
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