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Environmental issues and concerns that affect beekeeping.
 #2814  by Chrisbarlow
 23 Apr 2019, 17:57
Published in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, the study revealed that when honey bees are infected with varroa mites and then regularly exposed to low doses of a commonly used neonicotinoid called clothianidin, their self-grooming behaviour drops off.

https://phys.org/news/2019-04-neonics-hinder-bees-ability-fend.amp
 #2817  by Chrisbarlow
 23 Apr 2019, 21:44
NigelP wrote:
23 Apr 2019, 19:21
Didn't know our bees even did this.....
Seeing as how there has been a neonic ban on flowering crops for a few years now, they should be back to full grooming behaviour. Varroa watch out!
this was a Canadian study by Guelph university,

I think I will still be treating regular and frequent :D