Hummingbirds and bumble bees are being exposed to neonicotinoid pesticides at alarming rates
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 by: Tracey Watson
(Natural News) It’s quite simple: About 87 percent of all flowering plants are pollinated by animals, and this includes 70 percent of the planet’s most produced food crops. Bees alone are responsible for pollinating one in every three bites of food we eat. Without pollinators like bees, birds and bats, we would be faced with an overwhelming crisis in the production of the foods needed to feed the Earth’s inhabitants.
By now, most of us are aware of the worldwide crisis referred to as bee colony collapse (BCC), and the fact that honeybees – which are responsible for more pollination than any other species – are being wiped out on a massive scale. Several factors are responsible for this collapse, but experts agree that the two most prominent causes are habitat loss and the use of pesticides, particularly neonicotinoids like acetamiprid, clothianidin, imidacloprid, nitenpyram, nithiazine, thiacloprid and thiamethoxam.
https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-09-11-hummingbirds-and-bumble-bees-exposed-to-neonicotinoids-pesticides.html
