Environmental

New Research Links Bee-Killing Insecticide to Monarch Butterfly Deaths

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015.  New research from the University of Minnesota presents some of the first evidence linking the bee-killing insecticides known as neonicotinoids to monarch butterfly deaths. The study finds that milkweed plants, which monarch butterflies need to survive, may also retain neonicotinoids from nearby plants, making milkweed toxic to monarchs.

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