In July 2015, she approved the limited temporary lifting of an EU ban on the use of two neonicotinoid pesticides, enabling their use for 120 days on about 5% of England’s oil seed rape crop to ward off the cabbage stem flea beetle; campaigners have warned that pesticides have been shown to harm bees by damaging their renowned ability to navigate home.
2015年7月，她批准了有限的临时解除欧盟禁止使用两种新烟碱类农药的禁令，使其能够在英国大约5%的油菜籽作物上使用120天，以防止白菜干跳蚤甲虫；活动人士已经警告说，杀虫剂已被证明可以损害蜜蜂们著名的导航能力。