新的研究显示,其中一种被禁用的新烟碱类种子处理剂的活性成分噻虫胺不会对蜜蜂的健康产生不利的影响。由于担心新烟碱类种子处理剂对蜜蜂健康的影响,欧盟于2013年12月宣布在大规模开花作物(例如油菜)中禁止使用该类农药。禁用的新烟碱类种子处理剂包含有3种活性成分:噻虫嗪、噻虫胺和吡虫啉。但是,最近一位邓迪大学环境变化和人类适应力中心的研究员Chris Connolly博士研究发现,这3种活性成分是有区别 New research shows that the one of the banned neonicotinoid seed treatments, the active ingredient of clothianidin, does not have an adverse effect on bee health. Concerned about the health effects of neonicotinoid seed treatments on bees, the European Union announced in December 2013 that such pesticides should not be used in large-scale flowering crops such as rapeseed. The banned neonicotinoid seed treatment contains three active ingredients: thiamethoxam, clothianidin and imidacloprid. However, a recent Dr. Chris Connolly, a researcher at the Center for Environmental Change and Human Fitness at the University of Dundee, found that there is a difference between the three active ingredients