Effects of sub-lethal imidacloprid doses on the homing rate and foraging activity of honey bees

By L. Bortolotti, R. Montanari, J. Marcelino, P. Mędrzycki, S. Maini, C. Porrini, E. Superior. 2003

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Citations in the corpus

• Neonicotinoids in bees: a review on concentrations, side-effects and risk assessment (2012, background): “In another study using marked foragers that were first trained to forage on artificial feeders, Bortolotti et al. (2003) noticed that a 500 m distance between the hive and the feeding area resulted in no foragers at the hive/feeding area up to 24 h after treatment when foragers were fed with…”
• Effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on non-target invertebrates (2014, unknown): “A series of studies training foragers to orient to a sugar feeder found that foragers were unable to return to the hive after ingesting imidacloprid at concentrations ranging from 100 to 1,000 ppb (Bortolotti et al. 2003; Ramirez-Romero et al. 2005; Yang et al. 2008).”
• The puzzle of honey bee losses: a brief review. (2010, background): “The papers of: Suchail et al. (2001a; 2001b), Pham-Delegue et al. (2002), Medrzycki et al. (2003), Bortolotti et al. (2003), Decourtye et al. (2004a), Bonmatin et al. (2005b) all demonstrated several negative side-effects of imidacloprid and also found residues in maize pollen that can be collected…”
• Reduction in homing flights in the honey bee Apis mellifera after a sublethal dose of neonicotinoid insecticides (2013, background): “…of neonicotinoids have been based on recorded mortality levels, with little attention paid to sublethal effects under field conditions (but see Bortolotti et al., 2003; Henry et al., 2012), which are defined as physiological or behavioural effects on individuals that survive pesticide…”
• Presence of the a.i. imidacloprid on vegetation near corn fields sown with Gaucho ® dressed seeds (2006, background): “…a progressive decrease in the hive population and sublethal doses can determine behavioural changes (Colin et al., 2001; Decourtye et al., 2001; Guez et al., 2001; Suchail et al., 2001a; Bortolotti et al., 2003; Medrzycki et al., 2003; Colin et al., 2004; Rortais et al., 2005; Faucon et al., 2005).”
• Sublethal doses of imidacloprid decreased size of hypopharyngeal glands and respiratory rhythm of honeybees in vivo (2013, unknown): “…et al. 2003, 2004a, b), on foraging activity (Colin et al. 2004; RamirezRomero et al. 2005; Yang et al. 2008), on communication by dances (Kirchner 1999), on homing behavior (Bortolotti et al. 2003; Henry et al. 2012), and on neurophysiological effects (Guez et al. 2001a, b; Lambin et al. 2001).”
• Toxicity of neonicotinoid insecticides on different honey bee genotypes (2013, background): “…bee, causing also other effects such as behavioural disturbances, orientation difficulties, and social activity impairment (e.g. Guez et al., 2001; Bortolotti et al., 2003; Medrzycki et al., 2003; Decourtye et al., 2004a and 2004b; Ramirez-Romero et al., 2005; Desneux et al., 2007; El Hassani et…”
• Influence of brood rearing temperature on honey bee development and susceptibility to poisoning by pesticides (2010, background): “…these modifications can lead to severe damage at the colony level, even if there is no apparent effect at the individual level (Vandame et al., 1995; Bortolotti et al., 2003; Medrzycki et al., 2003; Decourtye et al., 2004; 2005; Kralj and Fuchs, 2006; Kralj et al., 2007; Desneuz et al., 2007).”