What is the risk to pollinators such as bees from certain agrichemical applications?
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A
Insecticides — particularly those applied to flowering crops — can kill or disorient pollinators that visit treated plants
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B
Pollinators are only at risk from herbicides that affect plant flowering
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C
Only neonicotinoid seed treatments pose any risk to bees
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D
Bees are not at risk from agrichemicals if applications are made at ground level only