A method to feed individual bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) known amounts of pesticides

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 597-602

  Ladurner, Edith ^a   Bosch, Jordi ^b   Maini, Stefano ^a   Kemp, William P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Individual feeding; Megachile rotundata; Oral toxicity test; Osmia lignaria

Indexed keywords

BEE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEEDING; INGESTION RATE; METHODOLOGY; PESTICIDE;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MEGACHILE; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE; OSMIA;

EID: 0347063710     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003055     Document Type: Article

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