The antibiotic streptomycin is used to treat bacterial diseases in apple orchards, but lab tests suggests it may have a negative impact on bumblebees by slowing their ability to forage from flowers.
Exposure to streptomycin, an antibiotic used to treat crop diseases in the US, weakens the foraging ability of the common eastern bumblebee , which may have negative implications for plant pollination.
The use of antibiotics for spraying crops has increased exponentially in recent years, with streptomycin predominantly used in the US to control theat Emory University in Atlanta, …App + Web
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