Do bees "do drugs" on neonicotinoids? Bumblebees and bees would be attracted to killer pesticides, with a real addiction. This was stated by a research conducted by Geraldine Wright at Newcastle University.
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Le api they "take drugs" of neonicotinoids? Bumblebees and bees would be attracted to killer pesticides, with a real addiction. This is hypothesized by a research conducted by Geraldine Wright at Newcastle University.
We know that neonicotinoid pesticides were evaluated from a scientific point of view like real ones bee killer and other pollinating insects. Now new research shows that bees are attracted to foods that contain neonicotinoid pesticides.
A new point that confirms the danger of these pesticides. Newcastle University experts have made available to bees and bumblebees two solutions of water and sugar, ingredients used to mimic flower pollen.
One of the two solutions contained simply water and sugar, while in the second solution small traces of pesticides were added. The experts themselves would be stupid seeing that the bees preferred the solution that contained the pesticides. Neonicotinoids were used for this experiment.
The experts were able to verify that bees (Apis millifera) and children (Bombus terrestris) are able to recognize the presence of the three most common neonicotinoid pesticides: clothianidin, imidacloprid e thiamethoxam.
Bees and bumblebees turned out especially attracted to imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. There are currently some in Europe restrictions on the use of neonicotinoids, which will however only be in force until December 2015.article published Nature bears the title of “Bees prefer food containig neonicotinoid pesticides”.
Studies on bees and neonicotinoid pesticides continue. A new study conducted in Sweden, at the University of Lund, has in fact once again highlighted the negative effects of neonicotinoids on bees and bumblebees, with particular reference to wild hives. The Swedish study was published in the journal in recent days Nature, where a real debate has opened up among experts on bees and neonicotinoids.
In particular, Newcastle University experts are very concerned: bees risk being exposed to harmful doses of pesticides precisely because they are attracted to these chemicals. The Crop Protection Association, which represents pesticide producers, he questioned the studies and articles on the subject published in the last days in Nature.
In any case, it seems that the effects of neonicotinoids on bees are similar to those of nicotine on the human brain. The next step will be to investigate whether bees can become addicted to these substances, according to Geraldine Wright, who was interviewed by the BBC. There is currently no definitive proof of addiction yet, further studies will be needed to confirm it.
Marta Albè
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