Are native bees in Brazil at risk from the exposure to the neonicotinoid imidacloprid?
JC de Assis, R Tadei, VB Menezes-Oliveira… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
All across the world, different countries use Ecological risk assessments (ERA) of pesticides
to pollinators as a regulatory tool to understand the safety of pesticide use in agriculture …
to pollinators as a regulatory tool to understand the safety of pesticide use in agriculture …
Effect of neonicotinoid and fungicide strobilurin in neotropical solitary bee Centris analis
R Tadei, RES Castor, O Malaspina… - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
The indiscriminate use of pesticides is one of the factors directly impacting bee populations.
However, limited information is available on the pesticide effects on solitary bees, especially …
However, limited information is available on the pesticide effects on solitary bees, especially …
[HTML][HTML] Description and validation of an improved method to feed solitary bees (Osmia spp.) known amounts of pesticides
Pesticide exposure is an important driver of bee declines. Laboratory toxicity tests provide
baseline information on the potential effects of pesticides on bees, but current risk …
baseline information on the potential effects of pesticides on bees, but current risk …
Sensitivity of the Neotropical Solitary Bee Centris analis F. (Hymenoptera, Apidae) to the Reference Insecticide Dimethoate for Pesticide Risk Assessment
Currently, only Apis mellifera is used in environmental regulation to evaluate the hazard of
pesticides to pollinators. The low representativeness of pollinators and bee diversity in this …
pesticides to pollinators. The low representativeness of pollinators and bee diversity in this …
[HTML][HTML] Beyond generalists: The Brassicaceae pollen specialist Osmia brevicornis as a prospective model organism when exploring pesticide risk to bees
Bees are under threat from agricultural intensification, and species which are pollen
specialists (oligolectic) are thought to have declined disproportionately compared to pollen …
specialists (oligolectic) are thought to have declined disproportionately compared to pollen …
Effects of the insecticide acetamiprid and the fungicide azoxystrobin on locomotion activity and mushroom bodies of solitary bee Centris analis
R Tadei, CI da Silva, ECM da Silva, O Malaspina - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Pesticide use is a major factor contributing to the global decline in bee populations.
Sublethal effects, such as behavior alterations, are neglected in pesticide regulation for …
Sublethal effects, such as behavior alterations, are neglected in pesticide regulation for …
A new exposure protocol adapted for wild bees reveals species-specific impacts of the sulfoximine insecticide sulfoxaflor
Wild bees are crucial pollinators of flowering plants and concerns are rising about their
decline associated with pesticide use. Interspecific variation in wild bee response to …
decline associated with pesticide use. Interspecific variation in wild bee response to …