Alarming reports earlier this year that a pesticide known as neonicotinoids, or neonics. was killing off Ontario bees has prompted the Ontario government to say it will slash the use of neonoics by 80 percent. The government is in a tough place because it seems like a supposition that neonics is the killer. It is used by farmers to protect newly-planted seed. Many associated with the honey industry think that the pesticide is finding its way into pollen and ultimately killing off the bees as they collect it. The severity of the collapse of the bee population has left authorities little room to manoeuvre. Lucknow Sentinel
