Light therapy could save bees from deadly pesticides

Treating bees with light therapy can counteract the harmful effects of neonicotinoid pesticides and improve survival rates of poisoned bees, finds a new UCL study.

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CrazyNeutrino said:

Light therapy could save bees from deadly pesticides

Treating bees with light therapy can counteract the harmful effects of neonicotinoid pesticides and improve survival rates of poisoned bees, finds a new UCL study.

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> neonicotinoid pesticides

Does this mean that tobacco is bad for bees?

> 15 minutes of near infrared light (670nm) was shone into the hive twice daily.

My quack detector is twitching.

Perhaps the fact that this has only been tested on two beehives has something to do with the result.