Assessing the exposure and toxicity of pesticides to bumblebees (Bombus sp.)

By H. Thompson. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science

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Combined pesticide exposure severely affects individual- and colony-level traits in bees (2012, methodology): “Overall, we collected data from 259 recognised foragers from 32 colonies (n colonies: Control=7; I=10; LC=8; M=7) making 8751 foraging bouts (median (inter-quartile range) per worker=23(10-44); for criteria used to classify foragers and foraging bouts see Methods).”
Chronic impairment of bumblebee natural foraging behaviour induced by sublethal pesticide exposure (2014, background): “These colony sizes reflect a realistic developmental stage of natural colonies when many agricultural crops come into flower in Europe (see Thompson 2001; Brittain & Potts 2011) and when the majority of pesticide treatments are applied (March to June: Garthwaite et al. 2012a,b).”
Intensification of agriculture, landscape composition and wild bee communities: a large scale study in four European countries. (2010, background): “…1991; De Snoo and Van der Poll, 1999); (5) Insecticides are expected to directly affect bees with lethal or sublethal effects (Desneux et al., 2007; Thompson, 2001); (6) Fungicides can also be harmful to bees (Tesoriero et al., 2003) sometimes through synergic mechanisms with insecticides…”
Pesticide Residues and Bees – A Risk Assessment (2014, background): “i) by direct exposure to either drift droplets, which are scattered during the foliar spraying of crops [33], dust from seed drilling at planting [78], or inhalation of volatile pesticides during or after application to the crops; and”
Insect pollinated plants benefit from organic farming (2007, background): “…and resource availability and therefore may attract more pollinators such as bees compared to conventional fields (Morandin and Winston, 2005; A. Holzschuh, personal communication) and the attracted pollinators are not harmed directly or indirectly by pesticides (Free, 1993; Thompson, 2001, 2003).”