April 10, 2018 KREM 2, by Luke Morand
Researchers have developed a new material that attracts pesticide residue in bees and, when ingested, the particles absorb the pesticide toxins.
PULLMAN, Wash. — Researchers at Washington State University have developed a new material that could help save honey bees.
It is all thanks to a microscopic particle that attracts and gets rid of pesticides, according to new research.
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April 9, 2018 WSU Insider, by Scott Weybright
PULLMAN, Wash. – Honey bee colonies could be saved from collapse in the future thanks to a microscopic particle that attracts pesticides, as created by Washington State University researchers.
Consider this: A grain of salt weighs 58,500 nanograms. It takes only 15 nanograms of pesticide to kill a bee.
Researchers at Washington State University have developed a new material that attracts pesticide residue in bees. Over time, pollen tinged with itsy bitsy amounts of pesticides accumulates in a bee’s body, reducing the lifespan of each bee in a colony.
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