New Zealand environmental risk management experts say they may review research being done in Europe which suggests some insecticides can kill bees even when they are only used to treat seeds before planting.
Massive bee deaths in Germany after maize-sowing in the spring of 2008 have raised concerns in Europe over systemic neonicotinoid insecticides such as Clothianidin and Imidacloprid, which are registered in New Zealand.
Britain’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) has rejected calls to prohibit use of the neonicotinoid insecticides, but some have been withdrawn in France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia.
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