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Scientists hopeful antidote can help protect bumblebees from pesticides

Guardian
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83% Informative

Neonicotinoids harm bees’ nervous system, paralysing and killing them.

Scientists from Cornell University in New York were trying to find a way to protect bees from the widely used pesticides.

They found that hydrogel microparticles fed to bumblebees in sugar water caused a 30% higher survival rate in individuals exposed to lethal doses.

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82

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80

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73

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informal

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English

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63

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medium-lived

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