A "rapeseed plant" is a type of plant that is grown for its seeds. These seeds are used to make oil, which can be used for cooking or in other products. Full definition
They left 33 colonies in test areas that exposed the colonies either to neonicotinoid - treated rapeseed plants or crops untreated with pesticides. (scientificamerican.com)
The German bees, on the other hand, not only emerged from the winter unscathed but their population numbers increased in spite of neonicotinoids during rapeseed plants» flowering season. (scientificamerican.com)
While the canola plant was developed through crossbreeding with the rapeseed plant, canola oil is made from the canola plant, not the rapeseed plant and contains less than 2 % erucic acid. (thefoodiephysician.com)