Sentence examples for killing bees from inspiring English sources

What seems to be killing bees is harmful only to them.

RSPB agricultural policy officer Ellie Crane said yesterday: "We've been reviewing the science for a long time, and scientists are telling us that neonicotinoids might be killing bees.

In the Financial Times, Sir Mark Walport denounced the proposal for a temporary European ban on the pesticides blamed for killing bees and other pollinators.

The director begins by showing himself brooding over the catastrophic closure of Portugal's Viana Do Castelo shipyards, and about how a plague of wasps is killing bees – the way that punitive politics are killing the people's spirit, perhaps?

Five other insecticides based on fipronil were also accused of killing bees.

But once she's bounced back from her latest crack-up, I'd love to see Amy put her beehive'd head to work on raising awareness of colony collapse disorder, the mystery disease that's killing bees all over the U.S. and Europe.

Those factors may work individually or in combination to weaken colonies and kill bees.

To break up the tedium, other mythbusters try to kill bees by spraying vodka on them.

Exactly how that combination kills bees remains uncertain, the scientists said — a subject for the next round of research.

Why it matters: Honeybees are important for pollination and to make delicious honey, so it's never a good idea to kill bees.

Large doses can kill bees, but the French study, backed by France's food safety agency Anses, showed that exposure to non-lethal amounts affects bees' homing ability, putting colonies at risk of collapse.