The theory being that if public sentiment is strong enough the big hardware/garden stores will stop selling the stuff because they want to look "green". http://action.sumofus.org/a/home-depot-lowes-bees-neonicotinoids/?sub=mtl
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Neonic news
A small scale study but one that makes a connection between sub-lethal neonicotinoid exposure and over winter colony death. http://www.bulletinofinsectology.org/pdfarticles/vol67-2014-125-130lu.pdf