Pesticides could wipe out bumblebees: Study
A Canada-based research has found bumblebee queens exposed to a nicotine-related pesticide laid 26% fewer eggs. "A reduction this big in the ability of queens to start new colonies significantly increases the chances that wild populations could go extinct," said researchers. Notably, the European Union had imposed a temporary ban on the use of the pesticide 'neonicotinoid' on flowering crops.