Seed coating with a neonicotinoid insecticide negatively affects wild bees

Maj Rundlöf (), Georg K. S. Andersson, Riccardo Bommarco, Ingemar Fries, Veronica Hederström, Lina Herbertsson, Ove Jonsson, Björn K. Klatt, Thorsten R. Pedersen, Johanna Yourstone and Henrik G. Smith
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Maj Rundlöf: Lund University
Georg K. S. Andersson: Lund University
Riccardo Bommarco: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ingemar Fries: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Veronica Hederström: Lund University
Lina Herbertsson: Lund University, Centre for Environmental and Climate Research
Ove Jonsson: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Björn K. Klatt: Lund University, Centre for Environmental and Climate Research
Thorsten R. Pedersen: Swedish Board of Agriculture
Johanna Yourstone: Lund University
Henrik G. Smith: Lund University

Nature, 2015, vol. 521, issue 7550, 77-80

Abstract: Neonicotinoid seed coating is associated with reduced density of wild bees, as well as reduced nesting of solitary bees and reduced colony growth and reproduction of bumblebees, but appears not to affect honeybees.

Date: 2015
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