A Common Pesticide Decreases Foraging Success and Survival in Honey Bees | Zendy

Mickaël Henry | Zendy; Maxime Béguin | Zendy; Fabrice Réquier | Zendy; Orianne Rollin | Zendy; Jean François Odoux | Zendy; Pierrick Aupinel | Zendy; Jean Aptel | Zendy; Sylvie Tchamitchian | Zendy; Axel Decourtye | Zendy

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A Common Pesticide Decreases Foraging Success and Survival in Honey Bees

Author(s) -

Mickaël Henry,

Maxime Béguin,

Fabrice Réquier,

Orianne Rollin,

Jean François Odoux,

Pierrick Aupinel,

Jean Aptel,

Sylvie Tchamitchian,

Axel Decourtye

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556

H-Index - 1186

eISSN - 1095-9203

pISSN - 0036-8075

DOI - 10.1126/science.1215039

Subject(s) - foraging , honey bees , pesticide , biology , toxicology , zoology , ecology

Nonlethal exposure of honey bees to thiamethoxam (neonicotinoid systemic pesticide) causes high mortality due to homing failure at levels that could put a colony at risk of collapse. Simulated exposure events on free-ranging foragers labeled with a radio-frequency identification tag suggest that homing is impaired by thiamethoxam intoxication. These experiments offer new insights into the consequences of common neonicotinoid pesticides used worldwide.

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