How the Antidote Works The hydrogel microparticles bind to the neonicotinoids inside the bees’ bodies. These particles then pass through the digestive system, taking the pesticides with them ...

Native bees face a range of serious threats — from habitat loss to climate change to invasive and nonnative species — but pesticides are one of the gravest. Systemic insecticides like neonicotinoids ...

According to past field studies, neonicotinoid-exposed bees make fewer trips to collect pollen throughout the day. However, the connection between changes in individual honeybee pollen-foraging ...

No Longer a BIG Mystery: This Beyond Pesticides report summarizes the science behind bee declines. It provides scientific evidence demonstrating that pesticides, especially the neonicotinoid class of ...

Much of the blame is being put on a group of insecticides containing neonicotinoids which affect not just bees but many of our other native invertebrates. The use of neonicotinoids on flowering ...

It’s like corn syrup or sugar water.” These hard-working bees are also more exposed to pesticides, especially the neonicotinoids now banned in the EU. All of these factors may impair bees ...

Neonicotinoids are the most popular insecticides used in the United States. Hundreds of studies have shown they play a major role in population-level declines of bees, birds, butterflies and ...

Experts say this collapse threatens not only local ecosystems but also national food supplies. That’s because bees play a ...