neonicotinoids update

[fatshark]

A big study.
With big variation.

Taken together, our results suggest that exposure to neonicotinoid seed treatments can have negative effects on the interannual reproductive potential of both wild and managed bees, but that these effects are not consistent across countries. The country-specific responses of honey bees and bumble bees strongly suggest that the effects of neonicotinoids are a product of interacting factors.

You could surely flip this round to suggest banning the - as yet unknown - interacting factor to avoid the detrimental effects ... if you were from Syngenta (which I'm not).

High profile and lots of exposure certainly, but I'm not sure the it makes things much clearer, at least for honey bees.

What do you think GG?