In recent years the world's population of
bees has been decimated... and scientists
aren't sure exactly why.
But a new study finds that the most widely
used kind of pesticide could be part of the
problem.
According to the journal Science,... researchers
found that exposure to neonicotinoid pesticides
made honeybees and wild bees less likely to
survive through the winter.
Field studies conducted in Europe showed that
a large group of honeybees died off over the
winter in the UK,... while Hungary saw a 24
percent drop in the bee population.
The European Commission is working on a proposal
to ban neonicotinoids,... which is also a
demand of many environmental groups.
