'Growing body of evidence' links pesticides to bee decline

'Growing body of evidence' links pesticides to bee decline
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/555116/growing_body_of_evidence_links_pesticides_to_bee_decline.html

 

"Government and retailers, including B&Q and Wyevale, under pressure to impose a ban on sale of pesticides linked to bee population decline following new research

 

Environmental groups including the Soil Association and Buglife are making a renewd call for an end to the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, which are among the most commonly used pesticides worldwide, after a new study linked them to a decline in bee in bee populations."