ReviewInsects2020
Pollutants and Their Interaction with Diseases of Social Hymenoptera.
Review in Insects, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.
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29 citing papers in PubMed.
- Chronic oral toxicity of lithium citrate in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.): impacts on survival, midgut histopathology and gut microbiota.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2026Article
- Disruption of Antioxidant Defense Systems in Honey Bees and Wild Bees Under Environmental Xenobiotic Pressure.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The Fate of Orally Ingested Microplastics During Cooperative Brood Care in Two Social Hymenoptera Species.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Microbiome-Metabolome Analyses Reveal Compound Risks from Multiple-Generation Cocoon Accumulation in Honeybee Combs.Biology · 2026Article
- An Overview of the Adverse Impacts of Old Combs on Honeybee Colonies and Recommended Beekeeping Management Strategies.Insects · 2025Review
- Environmental Sources of Possible Associated Pathogens and Contaminants of Stingless Bees in the Neotropics.Insects · 2025Review
- Air pollution modifies colonisation factors in beneficial symbiont Snodgrassella and disrupts the bumblebee gut microbiome.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2025Article
- Impact of Brood Cell Cocoons on Metal Accumulation and CYP450 Detoxification Gene Expression inToxics · 2024Article
- Analysis of comb-gnawing behavior in Apis cerana cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae).Journal of insect science (Online) · 2024Article
- Non-linear associations between meteorological factors, ambient air pollutants and major mosquito-borne diseases in Thailand.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Associations between Dengue Incidence, Ecological Factors, and Anthropogenic Factors in Singapore.Viruses · 2023Article
- Route of pesticide spread on the body surface of Blattella germanica (Linnaeus): a NanoSuit-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Diesel exhaust particles alter gut microbiome and gene expression in the bumblebeeEcology and evolution · 2023Article
- The Present and Future of Insect Biodiversity Conservation in the Neotropics: Policy Gaps and Recommendations.Neotropical entomology · 2023Review
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- Rethinking the Connections between Ecosystem Services, Pollinators, Pollution, and Health: Focus on Air Pollution and Its Impacts.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Life in extreme habitats: the number of prepupae per nest of the crabronid wasp Pemphredon fabricii is constant even under pressure from high concentrations of toxic elements.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Article
- Bayesian Multi-Targets Strategy to TrackInsects · 2022Article
- The Honey BeeBiology · 2022Review
- Varying impact of neonicotinoid insecticide and acute bee paralysis virus across castes and colonies of black garden ants, Lasius niger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Many insect species, including social insects, are currently declining in abundance and diversity. Pollutants such as pesticides, heavy metals, or airborne fine particulate matter from agricultural and industrial sources are among the factors driving this decline. While these pollutants can have direct detrimental effects, they can also result in negative interactive effects when social insects are simultaneously exposed to multiple stressors. For example, sublethal effects of pollutants can increase the disease susceptibility of social insects, and thereby jeopardize their survival. Here we review how pesticides, heavy metals, or airborne fine particulate matter interact with social insect physiology and especially the insects' immune system. We then give an overview of the current knowledge of the interactive effects of these pollutants with pathogens or parasites. While the effects of pesticide exposure on social insects and their interactions with pathogens have been relatively well studied, the effects of other pollutants, such as heavy metals in soil or fine particulate matter from combustion, vehicular transport, agriculture, and coal mining are still largely unknown. We therefore provide an overview of urgently needed knowledge in order to mitigate the decline of social insects.
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