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Matthew S. Heard

joined in Nov 8, 2017

Plant Ecologist at NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK.

Heard has 1 break published.

When and where neonicotinoids are bad for bees

The impact of neonicotinoids on bees has always been a contentious issue, not least because reported evidence of their effects has been variable. Neonicotinoids are most often applied to crop seeds, rather than sprayed directly on plants. As the plant grows the pesticide moves though... click to read more

Ben A. Woodcock | Ecological Entomologist at NERC, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK

Matthew S. Heard | Plant Ecologist at NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK

Nadine Mitschunas | Field Ecologist at NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK.

Brigitta Raffa | Undergraduate Student at Szent-István University, 2103 Gödöllö, Hungary.

Dora Vaskor | Undergraduate Student at Szent-István University, 2103 Gödöllö, Hungary.

Áron Bihlay | Undergraduate Student at Szent-István University, 2103 Gödöllö, Hungary.

Judy A. Webb | Associate Researcher at NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK.

Richard F. Pywell | Biodiversity Science Area Head at NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK.

neonicotinoids

honeybees

bumblebees

pesticides

honey

environment

Reading time 4 min

published on Oct 26, 2017