neonic

— Researchers found that 15 of 17 species which commonly live on farmland – including the small tortoiseshell, small skipper and wall butterfly – show declines associated with increasing neonic use. […] Neonics were first introduced in 1994 and usage increased at its fastest rate during the first decade of the 21ˢᵗ century, […] In 2013, the EU introduced a temporary ban on certain types of neonics for flowering crops such as oilseed rape to allow scientists to better determine the insecticides’ impact on bees.