ArticleEcotoxicology (London, England)2018
Sublethal effects of clothianidin and Nosema spp. on the longevity and foraging activity of free flying honey bees.
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- Honeybee colonies compensate for pesticide-induced effects on royal jelly composition and brood survival with increased brood production.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Neonicotinoid Clothianidin reduces honey bee immune response and contributes to Varroa mite proliferation.Nature communications · 2020Article
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- Sub-Lethal Doses of Clothianidin Inhibit the Conditioning and Biosensory Abilities of the Western HoneybeeInsects · 2019Article
- Effect of Sub-lethal Doses of Imidacloprid on Learning and Memory Formation of Indigenous Arabian Bee (Apis mellifera jemenitica Ruttner) Adult Foragers.Neotropical entomology · 2019Article
- Clothianidin seed-treatment has no detectable negative impact on honeybee colonies and their pathogens.Nature communications · 2019Article
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Abstract
Neonicotinoids alone or in combination with pathogens are considered to be involved in the worldwide weakening of honey bees. We here present a new approach for testing sublethal and/or synergistic effects in free flying colonies. In our experiment individually marked honey bees were kept in free flying mini-hives and chronically exposed to sublethal doses of the neonicotinoid clothianidin. Additional groups of bees were challenged with Nosema infections or with combinations of the pesticide and pathogens. Longevity and flight activity of the differentially treated bees were monitored for a period of 18 days. In contrast to previous laboratory studies, no effect of the neonicotinoid treatment on mortality or flight activity could be observed. Although the lifespan of Nosema infected bees were significantly reduced compared to non-infected bees a combination of pesticide and pathogen did not reveal any synergistic effect. Our results indicate that individual bees are less impaired by neonicotinoids if kept within the social environment of the colony. The effect of such a "social buffering" should be considered in future risk assessments.
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