Topic: neonicotinoids

Bumblebees on a yellow flower (Getty Images/nnorozoff)

This is what caused the bee genocide

Matthew Rozsa
Sedge Wren perched on a branch singing. (Getty Images)

Bee-decimating pesticide affecting birds

Matthew Rozsa
A White-crowned Sparrow sits on a branch on an early spring day in South-central, Alaska. (Getty Images/istockphoto)

"Colony Collapse" could affect birds

Julia Conley - Common Dreams
(AP)

Pesticides vs. bumblebees

Mark Brown - The Conversation
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Listen to the bees

Reynard Loki - Alternet
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Salon Staff
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EPA gives one to the bees

Lindsay Abrams
(Protasov AN/Shutterstock)

Major victory for the bees

Lindsay Abrams
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Lindsay Abrams
(Betty Shelton/Shutterstock)

Lindsay Abrams
(Protasov AN/Shutterstock)

Lindsay Abrams
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Lindsay Abrams