Bees prefer foods containing neonicotinoid pesticides
Bees prefer foods containing neonicotinoid pesticides
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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It has been suggested that the negative effects on bees of neonicotinoid pesticides could be averted in field conditions if they chose not to forage on treated nectar; here field-level neonicotinoid doses are used in laboratory experiments to show that honeybees and bumblebees do not avoid neonicotinoid-treated food and instead actually prefer it.<...
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Bees prefer foods containing neonicotinoid pesticides
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4772122
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4772122
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0028-0836
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1476-4687
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10.1038/nature14414
