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Our result, revealing that this pesticide causes bees to hatch out at a smaller size, is of concern as the size of workers produced in the field is likely to be a key component of colony success, with smaller bees being less efficient at collecting nectar and pollen from flowers,\u201d says researcher Gemma Baron from Royal Holloway.<\/p>\n<p>The study is the first to examine the impact of pyrethroid pesticides across the entire lifecycle of bumblebees. The topical research is at the heart of a national \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jointbessebbs.org\/2014\/Home.aspx\">Bee Health Conference<\/a> \u00a0 running in London from Wednesday to Friday this week (22-24 January 2014).<\/p>\n<p>Professor Mark Brown said, \u201cBumblebees are essential to our food chain so it\u2019s critical we understand how wild bees might be impacted by the chemicals we are putting into the environment. We know we have to protect plants from insect damage but we need to find a balance and ensure we are not harming our bees in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given the current EU moratorium on the use of three neonicotinoid pesticides, the use of other classes of pesticide, including pyrethroids, is likely to increase in chemical-dependent land management systems.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Nigel Raine, who is an Invited speaker at this week\u2019s bee conference, said, \u201cOur work provides a significant step forward in understanding the detrimental impact of pesticides other than neonicotinoids on wild bees. Further studies using \u00a0colonies \u00a0placed in the field are essential to understand the full impacts, and conducting such studies needs to be a priority for scientists and governments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The study was funded by a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) PhD studentship, and the Insect Pollinators Initiative (joint-funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Defra, NERC, the Scottish Government and the Wellcome Trust. It is managed under the auspices of the Living with Environmental Change (LWEC) partnership). \u00a0Contact: Paul Teed,  \u00a0<a href=\"mailto:paul.teed@rhul.ac.uk\">paul.teed@rhul.ac.uk<\/a>, \u00a001-784-443-967, \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhul.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Holloway, University of London<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Royal Holloway, University of London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Beyond Pesticides, January 22, 2014) \u00a0Exposure to a widely used pesticide causes worker bumblebees to grow less and then hatch out at a smaller size, according to a new study by Royal Holloway University of London. The research, published this week in the Journal of Applied Ecology, reveals that prolonged exposure to a pyrethroid pesticide, which is used on flowering crops to prevent insect damage, reduces the size of individual bees produced by a colony. 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