{"693776":{"#nid":"693776","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"A new pesticide does not kill bumblebees right away, but it does inflict internal damage that turns out to be much worse than immediate death","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen scientists exposed bumblebees to a modern insecticide designed to kill crop pests, the bees did not die any faster than unexposed bees. On the face of it, this seems like the best possible outcome.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, just because a pesticide does not kill a bee right away does not mean the insect is unharmed. A \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com\/sites.gatech.edu\/dist\/d\/868\/files\/2026\/05\/Catto-et-al.Bee-Tox.EcoEnvSaf.2026.pdf\u0022\u003Enew study from the Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E looked at common eastern bumblebees exposed to sulfoxaflor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the bees survived, their ovaries shrank and their gene activity drastically changed. Soon, they almost completely stopped laying eggs. Experts say this proves that just counting dead bees misses the massive, silent damage that chemicals leave behind.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen scientists exposed bumblebees to a modern insecticide designed to kill crop pests, the bees did not die any faster than unexposed bees. On the face of it, this seems like the best possible outcome.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, just because a pesticide does not kill a bee right away does not mean the insect is unharmed. A \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com\/sites.gatech.edu\/dist\/d\/868\/files\/2026\/05\/Catto-et-al.Bee-Tox.EcoEnvSaf.2026.pdf\u0022\u003Enew study from the Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E looked at common eastern bumblebees exposed to sulfoxaflor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the bees survived, their ovaries shrank and their gene activity drastically changed. Soon, they almost completely stopped laying eggs. Experts say this proves that just counting dead bees misses the massive, silent damage that chemicals leave behind.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2026-11-04 17:42:35","changed_gmt":"2026-11-05 14:37:26","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Earth.com","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/animals\/a-new-pesticide-does-not-kill-bumblebees-right-away-but-it-does-inflict-internal-damage-that-turns-out-to-be-much-worse-than-immediate-death\/","dateline":{"date":"2026-10-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-10-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"193028","name":"bumblebees"},{"id":"176736","name":"Pesticides"},{"id":"192249","name":"cos-community"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}