Comment on "A common pesticide decreases foraging success and survival in honey bees".

Cresswell, James E; Thompson, Helen M · Science · 2012

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

Henry et al. (Reports, 20 April, p. 348) used a model to predict that colony collapse in honey bees could be precipitated by pesticide-induced intoxication that disrupts navigation. Here, we show that collapse disappears when the model is recalculated with parameter values appropriate to the season when most pesticide-treated flowering crops bloom.

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