Neonics and queens

[fatshark]

This popped up in an internet search ... http://www.nature.com/articles/srep14621

Neonicotinoid pesticides severely affect honey bee queens from the Neumann and Gauthier labs. At a quick read through looks to be reasonably well conducted trial though I'd have liked them to measure the thiamethoxam and clothianidin levels in the queens (laying vs not laying or successfully laying vs not laying successfully) as it's not clear whether the effect is directly upon the Q or indirectly on the workers who then raise the Q.

[Jon]

and a small sample size as well.