It is reported that neonicotinoid pesticides are being widely used in the spraying of English sugar beet crops. If you plan to feed sugar
syrup to your bees this autumn then you might want to check that the sugar you are using is cane sugar and not beet sugar, at least until
such time as this latest pesticide concern has been further investigated.

[Neonicotinoids have been widely blamed for killing huge numbers of bees and may well be a significant contributory factor to CCD, if not the cause.