date:Jul 17, 2013
rld's most widely used pesticides, known as neonicotinoids, and reflects growing concern in Europe over a recent plunge in the population of honeybees critical to crop pollination and production.
A scientific assessment from the EU's food safety watchdog EFSA said in May that fipronil posed an acute risk to honeybees when used as a seed treatment for maize.
Fipronil, mainly sold under the Regent brand name in Europe, may still be used on seeds sown in greenhouses, or leeks, shallots, onions an