During their foraging activity, honey bees are often exposed to direct and residual contacts
with pesticides, especially insecticides, all substances specifically designed to kill, repel …

Honeybees and wild bees are among the most important pollinators of both wild and
cultivated landscapes. In recent years, however, a significant decline in these pollinators has …

This research paper presents a comparative study of the performance of conventional,
ultrasound-assisted (UA), and temperature-controlled (TC) ionic liquid (IL) dispersive liquid …

Bifenthrin is a chiral synthetic pyrethroid insecticide that has been commonly used for
agricultural and domestic pest control over the past decades. Due to its widespread …

Losses of honey bees have been repeatedly reported from many places worldwide. The
widespread use of synthetic pesticides has led to concerns regarding their environmental …

Honey bees are major pollinators of crops with high economic value. Thus, bees are
considered to be the most important nontarget organisms exposed to adverse effects of plant …

Contaminants can affect organisms' behaviour and, as a consequence, survival. Tau-
fluvalinate (hereafter fluvalinate) is the active ingredient in a pesticide commonly used in …

BACKGROUND The reported high loss rates of managed honey bee colonies have been
attributed to diverse stressors including pesticides. Honey bee larvae can be exposed to …

Despite growing concerns over the impacts of agricultural pesticides on honey bee health,
miticides (a group of pesticides used within hives to kill bee parasites) have received little …

Varroa mites often inflict heavy losses on the global bee industry and there are few effective
control options. Among these methods to control mites, pesticides are extensively used as a …