Scientists have identified a new suspect in the mysterious die-off of bees in recent years — a class of pesticides that appear to be lethal in indirect ways.
The chemicals, known as neonicotinoids, are designed to target a variety of sucking and chewing insects, including aphids and beetles. Bees are known to ingest the poison when they eat the pollen and nectar of treated plants, though in doses so tiny that it was not seen as a threat.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-bees-pesticides-20120330,0,4969345.story
Article courtesy of The Los Angeles Times by Eryn Brown
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