Effects of common co-occurring pesticides (a neonicotinoid and fungicide) on honey bee colony health in a semi-field study

S Shepherd, Y Park, CH Krupke - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Multiple stressors are linked to declines of insects and important pollinators, such as bees.
Recently, interactive effects of multiple agrochemicals on bees have been highlighted …

Traces of a neonicotinoid pesticide stimulate different honey bee colony activities, but do not increase colony size or longevity

WG Meikle, T Colin, JJ Adamczyk, M Weiss… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
How neonicotinoid contamination affects honey bees remains controversial. Studies have
yielded contradictory results, and few have examined effects on colony development. Here …

Analysis of honey bee exposure to multiple pesticide residues in the hive environment

J Xiao, Q He, Q Liu, Z Wang, F Yin, Y Chai… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the loss of honeybees in hives could have a greater impact on colony health than
those of their foraging bees, it is imperative to know beehives' pesticide exposure via oral …

Pesticides in honey bee colonies: Establishing a baseline for real world exposure over seven years in the USA

KS Traynor, S Tosi, K Rennich, N Steinhauer… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Honey bees Apis mellifera forage in a wide radius around their colony, bringing back
contaminated food resources that can function as terrestrial bioindicators of environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the risks of honey bee exposure to pesticides

MD Ellis, BS Teeters - Am Bee J, 2011 - bee-health.extension.org
Abiotic stress from the sublethal effects of pesticides is currently being scrutinized as a
contributing factor to poorly understood colony losses. When crop protection chemicals are …

Seasonal variability in physiology and behavior affect the impact of fungicide exposure on honey bee (Apis mellifera) health

A Fisher II, JR Glass, C Ozturk, N DesJardins… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Honey bee pollination services are of tremendous agricultural and economic importance.
Despite this, honey bees and other pollinators face ongoing perils, including population …

Colony field test reveals dramatically higher toxicity of a widely-used mito-toxic fungicide on honey bees (Apis mellifera)

A Fisher II, G DeGrandi-Hoffman, BH Smith… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) and other pollinator populations are declining worldwide, and
the reasons remain controversial. Based on laboratory testing, fungicides have traditionally …

Honey bee exposure to pesticides: A four-year nationwide study

N Ostiguy, FA Drummond, K Aronstein, B Eitzer… - Insects, 2019 - mdpi.com
Pollinators, including honey bees, are responsible for the successful reproduction of more
than 87% of flowering plant species: they are thus vital to ecosystem health and agricultural …

[HTML][HTML] Pesticides applied to crops and honey bee toxicity

M Ellis - CAP updates, Download from: http://www …, 2010 - bee-health.extension.org
This article discusses the role that pesticides applied to crops may play in honey bee health.
Although no one pesticide has been clearly associated with causing colony collapse …

The exposure of honey bees (Apis mellifera; Hymenoptera: Apidae) to pesticides: Room for improvement in research

J Benuszak, M Laurent, MP Chauzat - Science of The Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Losses of honey bees have been repeatedly reported from many places worldwide. The
widespread use of synthetic pesticides has led to concerns regarding their environmental …