A kind of pesticide called a neonicotinoid is absorbed, or taken in, by the entire plant.

一种叫做新烟碱的杀虫剂会被整株植物吸收。

Two studies recently focused on a commonly used pesticide called neonicotinoids.

最近有两项研究集中在一种被称为新烟碱类的常用农药上。

Though they're deadly to insects, neonicotinoids are not considered dangerous to humans.

尽管烟碱对昆虫来说是致命的，但对人类来说并不危险。

The neonicotinoids can affect the pollen and nectar that is taken in by the bees.

新烟碱类杀虫剂会影响蜜蜂吸收的花粉和花蜜。

It led to the widespread belief that neonicotinoids had nothing to do with mass bee deaths.

它使人们普遍相信新烟碱类杀虫剂与蜂群死亡无关。

One of the biggest threats to bees and other pollinators is a class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids.

蜂族和其他传粉媒介面临的最大威胁之一是一类被称为新烟碱类杀虫剂的杀虫剂。

Some hives were given realistic doses of thiamtethoxam, a variety of neonicotinoid, while others were left alone.

给一些蜂群用一定剂量的阿克泰-新烟碱杀虫剂的变种，其他的则不用。

Suspicion had fallen on a neonicotinoid first made by Bayer called imidacloprid.

怀疑的对象是拜耳公司首先生产的一种名为吡虫啉的新烟碱。

The studies found neonicotinoids directly given to bees and flies, the chemicals appeared to disrupt the insects body clocks.

研究发现，新烟碱类物质直接作用于蜜蜂和苍蝇，似乎会扰乱昆虫的生物钟。

They exposed some, via contaminated pollen and sugar water, to high doses of imidacloprid, a type of neonicotinoid insecticide.

他们用受污染的花粉、糖水将一些蜂群暴露在高剂量吡虫啉-一种新烟碱杀虫剂的环境里。

Adult butterflies can die when they eat pollen and nectar of plants treated with the harmful pesticide called neonicotinoid.

成年蝴蝶在食用被称为新烟碱的有害杀虫剂处理过的植物的花粉和花蜜时，可能会死亡。

From our research, it's clear that Bayer tried for decades to prevent any kind of universal ban on neonicotinoids.

从我们的研究中可以清楚地看出，拜耳公司几十年来一直在努力阻止对新烟碱类药物的任何一种普遍禁令。

And now another group of researchers may have found a reason for the subpar sperm: neonicotinoid pesticides.

现在，另一组研究人员发现了雄峰精子质量不正常的原因：烟碱类农药杀虫剂。

Williams and his colleagues studied the effects of two neonicotinoid pesticides on honeybee drones, genetically assigned to mate with queens.

威廉姆斯和同事研究了两种烟碱类农药对雄峰的影响，确切地来说，是对和蜂后交配的雄蜂的影响。

Environmentalists in the United States and Europe say chemicals called neonicotinoids are causing a drop in the number of bees.

美国和欧洲的环保人士称名为新烟碱的化学剂导致蜜蜂数量减少。

They wanted a blanket ban on all neonicotinoids.

他们希望全面禁止所有新烟碱类药物。

France was chosen for the first neonicotinoid.

法国被选为第一个新烟碱授权地。

The problem is an unusual kind of pesticides called neonicotinoids.

问题是一种叫做新烟碱类的不寻常的杀虫剂。

In 1999, France then banned the use of neonicotinoids, but initially only for sunflowers.

1999年，法国禁止了新烟碱的使用，最初它只是被禁止用于向日葵。

Even though the evidence is clear, neonicotinoids are still one of the most widely used insecticides in the world.

尽管证据确凿，新烟碱仍是世界上使用最广泛的杀虫剂之一。