http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14117306.Ban_on_pesticide_which_affects_bees/?ref%3Drss
The UK government has always argued that neonicotinoid pesticides do not threaten bees. Instead it has suggested high honeybee losses in recent years are due to the parasitic varroa mite which spreads viruses, and wet summers that prevent bees from …