Comments on: Bees and neonicotinoids: moving towards a Europe-wide ban? http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/02/05/bees-and-neonicotinoids-moving-towards-a-europe-wide-ban/ Advancing ecology and making it count Tue, 14 May 2013 07:10:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Amanda http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/02/05/bees-and-neonicotinoids-moving-towards-a-europe-wide-ban/#comment-14029 Amanda Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:20:46 +0000 http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3317#comment-14029 This page explains how the agrochemical industry has set the terms for the regulatory tests for assessing risk of pesticides to bees:
http://www.buzzaboutbees.net/regulatory-tests-for-pesticides.html

And here is more information about patents for pesticides containing neonicotinoids, and how they are very revealing considering impacts on other non-target species.

http://www.buzzaboutbees.net/neonicotinoid-pesticides-and-non-target-insects.html

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