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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Description and validation of an improved method to feed solitary bees (Osmia spp.) known amounts of pesticides

C Azpiazu, S Hinarejos, G Sancho, S Albacete… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Sensitivity of the Neotropical Solitary Bee Centris analis F. (Hymenoptera, Apidae) to the Reference Insecticide Dimethoate for Pesticide Risk Assessment

R Tadei, VB Menezes‐Oliveira, CI Silva… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond generalists: The Brassicaceae pollen specialist Osmia brevicornis as a prospective model organism when exploring pesticide risk to bees

S Hellström, V Strobl, L Straub, WHA Osterman… - Environmental and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bees are under threat from agricultural intensification, and species which are 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 …

A new exposure protocol adapted for wild bees reveals species-specific impacts of the sulfoximine insecticide sulfoxaflor

J Dewaele, A Barraud, S Hellström, RJ Paxton… - Ecotoxicology, 2024 - Springer
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 …