A Dutch scientific study says that bees could be poisoned by long-term exposure to small concentrations of nicotine-based insecticides known as neonicotinoids. They are widely used by British farmers to kill insects that damage crops.
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Is a toxic pesticide killing off our bees?
The UK Government is under mounting pressure to ban a toxic pesticide after new evidence suggested it could be to blame for the catastrophic collapse of Britain’s bee populations.
