ArticleFunctional ecology2016
Chronic exposure to a neonicotinoid pesticide alters the interactions between bumblebees and wild plants.
Article in Functional ecology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.
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- The Effects of Thiacloprid on Essential Components of Navigation and Pollination in Bumble Bees: A Laboratory Approach.Insects · 2026Article
- Absence of pesticide avoidance during chronic colony-level exposure modifies locomotor activity in bumble bees.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2026Article
- Simulation of the Impact of Pesticides on Pollinators Under Different Conditions Using Correlation Weighting of Quasi-SMILES Components Together with the Index of Ideality of Correlation (IIC).Journal of xenobiotics · 2026Article
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- Exposure to an insecticide formulation alters chemosensory orientation, but not floral scent detection, in buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris).Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Seed treatment with clothianidin induces changes in plant metabolism and alters pollinator foraging preferences.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2023Article
- Gene expression in bumble bee larvae differs qualitatively between high and low concentration imidacloprid exposure levels.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Contrasting effects of fungicide and herbicide active ingredients and their formulations on bumblebee learning and behaviour.The Journal of experimental biology · 2023Article
- Imidacloprid Pesticide Causes Unexpectedly Severe Bioelement Deficiencies and Imbalance in Honey Bees Even at Sublethal Doses.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Field-realistic concentrations of a neonicotinoid insecticide influence socially regulated brood development in a bumblebee.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Nutritional stress exacerbates impact of a novel insecticide on solitary bees' behaviour, reproduction and survival.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
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- Past insecticide exposure reduces bee reproduction and population growth rate.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Supplemental forage ameliorates the negative impact of insecticides on bumblebees in a pollinator-dependent crop.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
- An update of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) on systemic insecticides. Part 2: impacts on organisms and ecosystems.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Review
- Population decline in a ground-nesting solitary squash bee (Eucera pruinosa) following exposure to a neonicotinoid insecticide treated crop (Cucurbita pepo).Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Impacts of Neonicotinoids on the Bumble Bees Bombus terrestris and Bombus impatiens Examined through the Lens of an Adverse Outcome Pathway Framework.Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2021Review
- The Power ofFrontiers in physiology · 2021Review
- The Neonicotinoid Insecticide Imidacloprid Disrupts Bumblebee Foraging Rhythms and Sleep.iScience · 2020Article
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Abstract
Insect pollinators are essential for both the production of a large proportion of world crops and the health of natural ecosystems. As important pollinators, bumblebees must learn to forage on flowers to feed both themselves and provision their colonies.Increased use of pesticides has caused concern over sublethal effects on bees, such as impacts on reproduction or learning ability. However, little is known about how sublethal exposure to field-realistic levels of pesticide might affect the ability of bees to visit and manipulate flowers.We observed the behaviour of individual bumblebees from colonies chronically exposed to a neonicotinoid pesticide (10 ppb thiamethoxam) or control solutions foraging for the first time on an array of morphologically complex wildflowers (
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