Honey bee, Apis mellifera feeding on Echinacea sp., or cone flower nectar. Honey bees are in trouble in many parts of the world but are doing well in urban areas where their exposure to pesticides, insecticides and fungicides is limited. Photographed in London, UK garden.

Large scale agriculture and crop spraying, Mexico, North America

Tractor spraying fungicide onto the rice fields (Oryza sativa), in July, aerial view, drone shot, Ebro Delta Nature Reserve, Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

The ground crew prepares an airplane that will spray the systemic fungicide SICO on the fields.

An airplane sprays the systemic fungicide SICO on the fields of the San Alberto Chiqita farms.

Pesticide suit and fertilizer for sale at a shop, Taungyii, Shan State, Myanmar

A high clearance sprayer that was applying fungicide on barley sits in a field as a storm approaches, near Holland, Manitoba, Canada

Application of Bordeaux mixture with a paintbrush on a young cherry tree with European canker.