Wild bees

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Long-term study links neonicotinoids to wild bee declines

 Wild bees that forage from oilseed rape crops treated with insecticides known as neonicotinoids are more likely to undergo long-term population declines than bees that forage from other sources,

Protect more bee species to safeguard crops, say scientists

 Almost 80% of crop pollination by wild bees is provided by just 2% of the most common species, say scientists.