France becomes first country in Europe to ban all five pesticides killing bees
31 AUGUST 2018 • 4:15PM
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/31/france-first-ban-five-pesticides-killing-bees/
By enforcing the blanket ban, France is going further than the European Union, which voted to outlaw the use of three neonicotinoids – clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam – in crop fields starting on December 19.
the bees can develop a dangerous addiction to the insecticides, much like smokers for nicotine.