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Bumblebees and pesticides

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A study showing the effects of two pesticides on bumblebees highlights the need for risk assessments to consider multiple species and the complex chain of factors that determines insect exposure to chemicals. See Letter p.105

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Figure 1: A complex exposure landscape.

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  1. *This article and the paper under discussion10 were published online on 21 October 2012.

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  1. Juliet L. Osborne is at the Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9EZ, UK.,

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Osborne, J. Bumblebees and pesticides. Nature 491, 43–45 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11637

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