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| | Canadian Honey Council - Effects on bees |
 | | The insecticide Gaucho, put in question by French bee-keepers, who have seen sunflower pollen cause mortality of bees, may equally contaminate the pollen of corn, according to one scientific study published Thursday by the specialist agency Agra. |
 | | It confirms that "the bees are still exposed to the molecule of Gaucho, imidacloprid, via pollen of the corn treated with this insecticide ", writes the agency specializing in agriculture and agrifood. |
 | | All reveal the presence of imidacloprid in pollen of corn treated with insecticide, a value average ranging between 3,3 and 3,7 parts per billion (ppb, is between 3,3 and 3,7 micrograms per kilo). |
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