Government refuses emergency use of banned bee-killing pesticide on sugar beet

Application had been made to use neonicotinoid thiamethoxam to protect sugar beet against damaging virus-carrying aphids.

The Government has turned down an application for emergency use of a bee-killing pesticide — The Government has turned down an application for emergency use of a bee-killing pesticide (Brian Lawless/PA)

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