Category: Pesticides

Solitary bee (Osmia bicornis) female returning to the nest, filled with tubes where she builds brood cells. Photo: Morgan Boch

Wild bees are harmed by pesticide

A research project has, for the first time, investigated how a neonicotinoid pesticide, clothianidin, affects both honeybees and wild bees under field conditions in agricultural landscapes. The study shows that honeybees can cope with exposure to the pesticide, but that it has a strong negative impact on wild bees. Neonicotinoids...