NEW assessments demonstrating the risk to bees from neonicotinoid pesticides have been published by the European Food Safety Authority, the Scottish Wildlife Trust has reported, writes Euan Carr.
The Scottish Wildlife Trust has been calling for a ban on pesticides containing clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam since 2012.
Since that time, it says, an increasing number of reports have shown the negative effects on these chemicals on honey bees and wild pollinators including bumble bees, butterflies and solitary bees.