Farmers know not to apply pesticides on their fields during flowering season when bees are present. But wild bees can come into contact with pesticide residues, in some cases, for months after ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Bees may need multiple generations to recover from the lingering ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 21, 2025) The presence of Varroa mites in combination with the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid increases the risk of bee mortality and disrupts the larval gut ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 18, 2025) A study in Royal Society Open Science shows intraspecific differences (between individuals of a species) in wild bumblebees (Bombus vosnesenskii) exposed to an ...

Temperature influences how badly pesticides affect bees' behavior, suggesting uncertain impacts under climate change, according to a new study. Temperature influences how badly pesticides affect bees' ...

Thiamethoxam belongs to a class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids, which are common in U.S. agriculture. Their use has been widely debated in recent years, as research continues to emerge ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A honeybee approaches a sunflower at Wards Berry Farm in Sharon, Mass. John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images A recent ...

A ground breaking new meta-analysis on the impacts on bees of a combination of real life environmental pressures has confirmed that the cocktails of toxic pesticides bees are exposed to from intensive ...

We are all better after a decent night’s sleep – and insects are no different. But two new studies have found a commonly used pesticide is disrupting the sleep of bees and flies – with big ...

Pesticides can impair brain growth in baby bumblebees, affecting their ability to perform a simple learning task as adults, according to a new study. Imperial College London researchers used micro-CT ...