Pesticide Exposure and Effects on Non-Apis Bees

NE Raine, M Rundlöf - Annual Review of Entomology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Bees are essential pollinators of many crops and wild plants, and pesticide exposure is one
of the key environmental stressors affecting their health in anthropogenically modified …

Antimicrobial activity of natural and semi-synthetic carbazole alkaloids

YY Ding, H Zhou, BQ Zhang, ZJ Zhang… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the first natural carbazole alkaloid, murrayanine, was isolated from Mwraya Spreng,
carbazole alkaloid derivatives have been widely concerned for their anti-tumor, anti-viral …

Single and combined exposure to 'bee safe' pesticides alter behaviour and offspring production in a ground-nesting solitary bee (Xenoglossa pruinosa)

S Rondeau, NE Raine - Proceedings of the Royal Society …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Mounting evidence supporting the negative impacts of exposure to neonicotinoids on bees
has prompted the registration of novel 'bee-friendly'insecticides for agricultural use …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying exposure of bumblebee (Bombus spp.) queens to pesticide residues when hibernating in agricultural soils

S Rondeau, N Baert, S McArt, NE Raine - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Exposure to pesticides is a major threat to bumblebee (Bombus spp.) health. In temperate
regions, queens of many bumblebee species hibernate underground for several months …

Honey bees and bumble bees may be exposed to pesticides differently when foraging on agricultural areas

E Zioga, B White, JC Stout - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
In an agricultural environment, where crops are treated with pesticides, bees are likely to be
exposed to a range of chemical compounds in a variety of ways. The extent to which …

Biosurfactants: promising biomolecules for agricultural applications

MGC Silva, AO Medeiros, A Converti, FCG Almeida… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Population growth and the need for increased agricultural productivity pose a global
problem. Therefore, the development of green compounds to ensure agricultural …

Wild bee exposure to pesticides in conservation grasslands increases along an agricultural gradient: a tale of two sample types

ML Hladik, JM Kraus, CD Smith… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conservation efforts have been implemented in agroecosystems to enhance pollinator
diversity by creating grassland habitat, but little is known about the exposure of bees to …

Nutritional resources modulate the responses of three bee species to pesticide exposure

D Castle, AT Alkassab, I Steffan-Dewenter… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The response of bee species to various stressors is assumed to depend on the availability of
sufficient nutrients in their environment. We compare the response of three bee species …

[HTML][HTML] Glyphosate used as desiccant contaminates plant pollen and nectar of non-target plant species

E Zioga, B White, JC Stout - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Pesticide products containing glyphosate as a systemic active ingredient are some of the
most extensively used herbicides worldwide. After spraying, residues have been found in …

Identifying wild bee visitors of major crops in North America with notes on potential threats from agricultural practices

S Rondeau, DS Willis Chan, A Pindar - Frontiers in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Considering the critical importance of insect pollination to food security and documented
declines in wild bee populations, it is imperative to develop effective conservation and …