Neonic pesticide link to long-term wild bee decline - BBC News
Neonic pesticide link to long-term wild bee decline
This new paper examined the impacts on populations of 62 species of wild bees across England over the period from 1994-2011.
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Impacts of neonicotinoid use on long-term population changes in wild bees in England : Nature Communications
The scientists involved in the wild bee study caution against "simplistic solutions" to the problems of pollinators. They say a "holistic" approach to the use of insecticides must be taken and they are lukewarm about the idea of banning chemicals.
"When you grow oilseed rape you can't do it without pesticides, there's an underlying reality to this," said Dr Woodcock.
"Just because you say 'don't use neonicotinoids anymore', the likelihood is that another pesticide is going to have to be used to compensate for that, that is going to have impacts on runoffs into waterways and on other species that you can control for."
"It needs to be taken in a very holistic perspective, you can't just say as long as we can save the bees everything else can go to hell, that's not where you want to be at."
Bayer will not be amused - see eg Judge throws out lawsuit by Bayer seeking to punish watchdog group for exposing truth about environment-destroying pesticide
Neonic pesticide link to long-term wild bee decline
This new paper examined the impacts on populations of 62 species of wild bees across England over the period from 1994-2011.
Study at -
Impacts of neonicotinoid use on long-term population changes in wild bees in England : Nature Communications
The scientists involved in the wild bee study caution against "simplistic solutions" to the problems of pollinators. They say a "holistic" approach to the use of insecticides must be taken and they are lukewarm about the idea of banning chemicals.
"When you grow oilseed rape you can't do it without pesticides, there's an underlying reality to this," said Dr Woodcock.
"Just because you say 'don't use neonicotinoids anymore', the likelihood is that another pesticide is going to have to be used to compensate for that, that is going to have impacts on runoffs into waterways and on other species that you can control for."
"It needs to be taken in a very holistic perspective, you can't just say as long as we can save the bees everything else can go to hell, that's not where you want to be at."
Bayer will not be amused - see eg Judge throws out lawsuit by Bayer seeking to punish watchdog group for exposing truth about environment-destroying pesticide
