18 hives. That's a whole lot of bees. Furthermore, the results are jarring. Bees deserted the twelve hives treated with neonicotinoids, to the point that half

18 hives. That's a whole lot of bees. Furthermore, the results are jarring. Bees deserted the twelve hives treated with neonicotinoids, to the point that half of the hives died. The survivinghives were seldom populated and either without queen or without brood. There was no desertion in the control group. One hive of the control group died of some disease, but the hive was full.