Nano-based smart pesticide formulations: Emerging opportunities for agriculture

S Kumar, M Nehra, N Dilbaghi, G Marrazza… - Journal of Controlled …, 2019 - Elsevier
The incorporation of nanotechnology as a means for nanopesticides is in the early stage of
development. The main idea behind this incorporation is to lower the indiscriminate use of …

[HTML][HTML] Fungicides and bees: a review of exposure and risk

S Rondeau, NE Raine - Environment International, 2022 - Elsevier
Fungicides account for more than 35% of the global pesticide market and their use is
predicted to increase in the future. While fungicides are commonly applied during bloom …

Ecological traits interact with landscape context to determine bees' pesticide risk

JL Knapp, CC Nicholson, O Jonsson… - Nature ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Widespread contamination of ecosystems with pesticides threatens non-target organisms.
However, the extent to which life-history traits affect pesticide exposure and resulting risk in …

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 …

A qualitative analysis of beekeepers' perceptions and farm management adaptations to the impact of climate change on honey bees

M Vercelli, S Novelli, P Ferrazzi, G Lentini, C Ferracini - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This paper addresses climate change effects on honey bees and
beekeeping, as observed by the beekeepers. Focus groups were used to identify the …

Understanding the effects of sublethal pesticide exposure on honey bees: a role for probiotics as mediators of environmental stress

JA Chmiel, BA Daisley, AP Pitek… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Managed populations of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) support the production of
a global food supply. This important role in modern agriculture has rendered honey bees …

County-level analysis reveals a rapidly shifting landscape of insecticide hazard to honey bees (Apis mellifera) on US farmland

MR Douglas, DB Sponsler, EV Lonsdorf… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Each year, millions of kilograms of insecticides are applied to crops in the US. While
insecticide use supports food, fuel, and fiber production, it can also threaten non-target …

Bumble bees in landscapes with abundant floral resources have lower pathogen loads

DJ McNeil, E McCormick, AC Heimann, M Kammerer… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The pollination services provided by bees are essential for supporting natural and
agricultural ecosystems. However, bee population declines have been documented across …

Identities, concentrations, and sources of pesticide exposure in pollen collected by managed bees during blueberry pollination

KK Graham, MO Milbrath, Y Zhang, A Soehnlen… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Bees are critical for crop pollination, but there is limited information on levels and sources of
pesticide exposure in commercial agriculture. We collected pollen from foraging honey bees …

Pesticide residue survey of pollen loads collected by honeybees (Apis mellifera) in daily intervals at three agricultural sites in South Germany

F Böhme, G Bischoff, CPW Zebitz, P Rosenkranz… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
In agricultural landscapes honeybees and other pollinators are exposed to pesticides, often
surveyed by residue analysis of bee bread. However, bee bread is a mixture of pollen …