Bee Deaths Linked to Sowing Insecticide-Coated Corn, Study Finds
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Corn planting using insecticide-coated seeds was linked to honeybee deaths, according to a study by researchers at Italy’s University of Padova.
The scientists found honeybees flying over fields where the coated corn was being planted were intoxicated by particles containing neonicotinoid insecticides vented by pneumatic seed planters, they wrote in a study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.