Drivers of colony losses

N Steinhauer, K Kulhanek, K Antúnez, H Human… - Current opinion in insect …, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, in some regions of the world, honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies
have experienced rates of colony loss that are difficult for beekeepers to sustain. The …

Bee nutrition and floral resource restoration

AD Vaudo, JF Tooker, CM Grozinger… - Current opinion in insect …, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Bees' specific nutritional requirements are partitioned between pollen and
nectar.•Nectar and pollen provide carbohydrates, protein, lipids, and micronutrients.•Bee …

Chronic exposure to neonicotinoids reduces honey bee health near corn crops

N Tsvetkov, O Samson-Robert, K Sood, HS Patel… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Experiments linking neonicotinoids and declining bee health have been criticized for not
simulating realistic exposure. Here we quantified the duration and magnitude of …

A worldwide survey of neonicotinoids in honey

EAD Mitchell, B Mulhauser, M Mulot, A Mutabazi… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Growing evidence for global pollinator decline is causing concern for biodiversity
conservation and ecosystem services maintenance. Neonicotinoid pesticides have been …

Neonicotinoid residues in wildflowers, a potential route of chronic exposure for bees

C Botías, A David, J Horwood… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
In recent years, an intense debate about the environmental risks posed by neonicotinoids, a
group of widely used, neurotoxic insecticides, has been joined. When these systemic …

The neonicotinoids thiacloprid, imidacloprid, and clothianidin affect the immunocompetence of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

A Brandt, A Gorenflo, R Siede, M Meixner… - Journal of insect …, 2016 - Elsevier
A strong immune defense is vital for honey bee health and colony survival. This defense can
be weakened by environmental factors that may render honey bees more vulnerable to …

An update of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) on systemic insecticides. Part 2: impacts on organisms and ecosystems

L Pisa, D Goulson, EC Yang, D Gibbons… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
New information on the lethal and sublethal effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on
organisms is presented in this review, complementing the previous Worldwide Integrated …

Neonicotinoid insecticides and their impacts on bees: a systematic review of research approaches and identification of knowledge gaps

O Lundin, M Rundlöf, HG Smith, I Fries, R Bommarco - PLoS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
It has been suggested that the widespread use of neonicotinoid insecticides threatens bees,
but research on this topic has been surrounded by controversy. In order to synthesize which …

Contamination of wild plants near neonicotinoid seed-treated crops, and implications for non-target insects

C Botías, A David, EM Hill, D Goulson - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Neonicotinoid insecticides are commonly-used as seed treatments on flowering crops such
as oilseed rape. Their persistence and solubility in water increase the chances of …

Neonicotinoid pesticides severely affect honey bee queens

GR Williams, A Troxler, G Retschnig, K Roth… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Queen health is crucial to colony survival of social bees. Recently, queen failure has been
proposed to be a major driver of managed honey bee colony losses, yet few data exist …