Pesticides Kill Bumble Bees
Pesticides are substances used for destroying organisms that are harmful to crops. There are many different forms of pesticides, but whichever form it is they harm, and kill Bumble bees. Bumble Bees pollinate about 15 percent of our food, and are valued at 3 billion dollars (Adam Federman). Bees are extremely important pollinators that we need, but yet we are killing them off indirectly with the pesticides we use on crops. A pesticide called neonicotinoids is one example of how pesticides are harmful to bees. Lund University conducted a research study. They looked at 16 fields of oilseed rape, which is a major source of vegetable oil. Half the seeds were coated in a neonicotinoid, and a fungicide. They then placed bees near the neonictinoid