Is a cocktail of pesticides wiping out our bees? Insects are being left confused by chemicals

Is a cocktail of pesticides wiping out our bees? Insects are being left confused by chemicals | Mail Online: "Widely-used pesticides are confusing bees and killing colonies, research suggests.

Bumblebees exposed to the crop chemicals gathered less pollen, were more likely to get lost and their young were more likely to perish, the British study found.

Although pesticides have been blamed for the decline of bees before, the study is the first to look at the effect of a combination of chemicals and at the sort of levels typically seen in the countryside."