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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 01:59, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Pest control

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Crop spraying
Crop spraying
  • ... that pesticides are formulated to kill pests, but may have detrimental effects on beneficial insects such as bees? Source: "Widely used insecticides damage the survival of honeybee colonies, the world’s largest ever field trial has shown for the first time, as well as harming wild bees."

Improved to Good Article status by Chiswick Chap (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). Nominated by Cwmhiraeth (talk) at 13:09, 3 October 2017 (UTC).

  • Great work on this article. It's a recent addition to Good Articles, and the information is cited, though I notice you link to a somewhat confusing Guardian article rather than the actual study, which is here, and makes it much clearer that this study was an answer to criticism, rather than raising them. (The Guardian article is vague on that point). Not an issue for a DYK but just a humble suggestion. No plagiarism, Article is long enough, QPQ checks out. Great work. Owlsmcgee (talk) 02:09, 4 October 2017 (UTC)