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Next-generation pesticide disrupts bumblebee reproduction

Bumblebees are only an inch long, but they help power the global food system. Roughly one-third of the food we grow depends on pollinators like bees—and those bees are regularly decimated by pesticides.

Next-generation pesticide disrupts bumblebee reproduction
Image: Phys.org
Bumblebees are only an inch long, but they help power the global food system. Roughly one-third of the food we grow depends on pollinators like bees—and those bees are regularly decimated by pesticides.

Originally published at Phys.org

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