ArticleiScience2020
The Neonicotinoid Insecticide Imidacloprid Disrupts Bumblebee Foraging Rhythms and Sleep.
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- The Sublethal Effects of Neonicotinoids on Honeybees.Biology · 2025Review
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- Hormetic response to pesticides in diapausing bees.Biology letters · 2025Article
- Unravelling nicotinic receptor and ligand features underlying neonicotinoid knockdown actions on the malaria vector mosquitoOpen biology · 2024Article
- Exploring neonicotinoid effects onFrontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Functional impact of subunit composition and compensation on Drosophila melanogaster nicotinic receptors-targets of neonicotinoids.PLoS genetics · 2023Article
- Gut microbiota composition and gene expression changes induced in theFrontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Chronic larval exposure to thiacloprid impairs honeybee antennal selectivity, learning and memory performances.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Field-realistic concentrations of a neonicotinoid insecticide influence socially regulated brood development in a bumblebee.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
- The Insecticide Imidacloprid DecreasesInsects · 2022Article
- Contact exposure to neonicotinoid insecticides temporarily suppresses the locomotor activity of Pardosa lugubris agrobiont wolf spiders.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The Synergistic Effect of Thiamethoxam and Synapsin dsRNA Targets Neurotransmission to Induce Mortality inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Effects of spinetoram and glyphosate on physiological biomarkers and gut microbes inFrontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Using radio frequency identification and locomotor activity monitoring to assess sleep, locomotor, and foraging rhythmicity in bumblebees.STAR protocols · 2021Article
- Neonicotinoids disrupt memory, circadian behaviour and sleep.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The Power ofFrontiers in physiology · 2021Review
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Abstract
Neonicotinoids have been implicated in the large declines observed in insects such as bumblebees, an important group of pollinators. Neonicotinoids are agonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors that are found throughout the insect central nervous system and are the main mediators of synaptic neurotransmission. These receptors are important for the function of the insect central clock and circadian rhythms. The clock allows pollinators to coincide their activity with the availability of floral resources and favorable flight temperatures, as well as impact learning, navigation, and communication. Here we show that exposure to the field-relevant concentration of 10 μg/L imidacloprid caused a reduction in bumblebee foraging activity, locomotion, and foraging rhythmicity. Foragers showed an increase in daytime sleep and an increase in the proportion of activity occurring at night. This could reduce foraging and pollination opportunities, reducing the ability of the colony to grow and reproduce, endangering bee populations and crop yields.
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