Ban use of bee-killing pesticide in UK, business chiefs tell government

Exclusive: 'We need to listen to the scientists. Excessive pesticide use is killing our bees,' say company heads in letter to ministerThe UK government should stop ignoring the science and block a bee-killing pesticide from being used, business leaders have said.The neonicotinoid pesticide Cruiser SB is used on sugar beet and is highly toxic to bees. It is banned in the EU but the UK has provisionally agreed to its emergency use every year since leaving the bloc. In 2017, the then environment secretary, Michael Gove, promised to use Brexit to ban all neonicotinoids. Continue reading...