New research from the University of Guelph suggests ground-nesting bees may be exposed to lethal levels of pervasive insecticides found in soil on farms across southern Ontario.

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Mounting evidence suggests that neonics, a pesticide widely used in Canada, could not only be harmful to bees, but to humans as well.

Senators, part of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, are asking the federal government to finish their re-evaluation of neonicotinoids pesticides. Neonics are widely suspected of contributing to bee losses around the world.

Banning neonics will have a minimal effect on corn and soybean yields, an internal federal government draft report shows.

Bees in Ontario have been dying in record numbers, close to 60 per cent last winter alone.

The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario have launched a campaign to ban a group of pesticides linked to bee deaths in Ontario and Quebec.

Scientists say they have conclusive evidence that two widely used types of pesticides are killing bees and other insects and harming the environment.