Georgina Kemp, spokeswoman for Exosect, said that because the powder stuck to the bees it got spread all over the hive, including inside comb cells where bees develop.

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"One of the main reasons bumble bees have been declining over the last 70, 80 years has been changes in the landscape, " explains Dawn Ewing, outreach manager of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust.

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But by my reckoning, it's the stress that neither the bees nor the beekeepers have control over that is a major issue.

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Prop Bees Roux ploughed over to put the home side further ahead, with substitute Riaan Viljoen converting from the touchline.

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The Bees slowly settled and MacDonald headed over before the home side had shouts for a penalty waved away after Diniyar Bilyaletdinov ran into the back of Myles Weston.

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The fact that OSR treated with neonicotinoids has been a productive crop for over a decade in the UK is itself evidence that pollinator populations, including bees, are not being reduced by the presence of neonicotinoids.

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Allen himself is still focused on taking the Bees to a possible trip to the Millennium Stadium in May - just over a year after taking over and saving them from relegation.

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They were adopted over the past 20 years as a less toxic replacement of organophosphate pesticides, which are known to kill bees and wildlife, and have been linked to health problems in workers.

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The bees were living inside an old chicken coop that Larry Goodwin, 62, was pushing over to clear off his Moody, Texas, property, neighbor John Puckett told CNN affiliate KCEN-TV.

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