The U.S. government has noted that the most widely used pesticide in the world is harmful to honeybees. However, in Europe, a ban on the use of the chemical could be lifted.
Aphids that eat Brussels sprouts are smaller than normal and live in undersized populations, which has a negative knock-on effect up the food chain according to new research published today in "Science".
Ants act like cowboys in the wild, they corral aphids into their herds and get honey dew from them. The ants leave trails of chemical footprints to stun aphids from going elsewhere and clip their wings so they don’t fly away.
