Point of View: Making science count in government
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Recent debates about the impact of neonicotinoid pesticides on bees and other pollinators illustrate the complexity of the interface between science and government policy. This photograph shows a common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum) feeding on a dusky cranesbill (Geranium phaeum).
PHOTOGRAPH: IAN BOYD
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Point of View: Making science count in government
eLife 2:e01061.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01061