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Honey bee collapse attributed to pesticides
Scientists have found that two types of pesticides called neonicotinoids and coumaphos are interfering with the honey bee brain’s ability to learn and remember. Experiments revealed that exposure was also lowering brain activity, especially when the two pesticides were used in combination. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21958547 We found neonicotinoids cause an immediate hyper-activation – so an epileptic type […]