Pesticides damage the brains of baby bees, new research finds

By Katie Hunt, CNN

(CNN)Bumblebees are in trouble.The odds of spotting the hardworking pollinators in Europe and America down by more than 30% since the last century.Pesticides, along with the climate crises and declining habitat, have been blamed for their declining numbers. And in a new study published Tuesday, scientists examined exactly how bumblebees are affected by pesticides by scanning bumble bee brains and testing their learning abilities.

Micro-CT image of a bumblebee brain.They found that baby bees can feel the effects of the food contaminated by pesticides brought back by worker bees into the colony, making them poorer at performing tasks later in life.Content by Abu DhabiSoft robotic surgery could change medical care for everyoneThe next wave of surgical advancement will come from lessening the physical impact of operations on patients.Dr. Richard Gill, a senior lecturer in the Imperial College London’s the Department of Life Sciences and an author of the study, compared it to how a fetus might be damaged by a harmful substance in the womb.close dialog ……………………….more here

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