In case you hadn’t already heard: Bee populations are being devastated on a global scale due to the use of pesticides and other agricultural chemicals. This is bad news for a variety of reasons, but at the top of the list is the fact that many bees are vital pollinators that allow plants to reproduce. Dramatic downward shifts in the number of such insects can have a devastating effect on the environment, affecting everyone above them, including humans.
Chemicals designed to kill insects are obviously not good for bees in general, but a new study suggests that the effects of pesticides on the declining bumblebee population go beyond simply killing full-grown adult bees.
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