AR-News: (Fr) pesticide kills 90B bees

[Mary Finelli]

CHEMICALS 'KILL 90BN FRENCH BEES'
Bees Pollinate Many Crops
BBC News, Alex Kirby, March 2, 2004


complete article at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3523453.stm


French beekeepers say about 90 billion of their insects have been killed 
over the last 10 years by a pesticide. The chemical, used on crops including 
maize and sunflowers, damages the bees' sense of direction so they become 
lost.

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