– research director for the global Pollinator Partnership, warned a large audience at a Perth event on April 6 that bees, flies, and other pollinators are threatened by the overuse of chemical cocktails in pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides. Photo credit: Matthew Behrens – See more at: http://www.hometownnews.ca/scientists-warn-pesticide-peril-perth-meeting/#sthash.j7WaYpCZ.dpuf