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  • Honeybee lives shortened after exposure to two widely used pesticides

    Honeybee lives shortened after exposure to two widely used pesticides

    Summary     The lives of honeybees are shortened — with evidence of physiological stress — when they are exposed to the suggested application rates of two commercially available and widely used pesticides. In a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, honeybee researchers in OSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences found detrimental effects in bees exposed…