/ orchards Content for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis en /climate/news/pesticides-and-food-scarcity-dramatically-reduce-wild-bee-population <p>The loss of flowering plants and the widespread use of pesticides could be a double punch to wild bee populations. In a new study, researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that the combined threats reduced blue orchard bee reproduction by 57 percent and resulted in fewer female offspring. The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.</p> October 06, 2020 - 9:30am Amy M Quinton /climate/news/pesticides-and-food-scarcity-dramatically-reduce-wild-bee-population