Seed coating with a neonicotinoid insecticide negatively affects wild bees

By M. Rundlöf, Georg K. S. Andersson, R. Bommarco, I. Fries, Veronica Hederström, L. Herbertsson, Ove Jonsson, B. Klatt, T. R. Pedersen, Johanna Yourstone and 1 more. Nature, 2015

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