Modes of honeybees exposure to systemic insecticides: Estimated amounts of contaminated pollen and nectar consumed by different categories of bees

Apidologie

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-83

  Rortais, Agnès ^a   Arnold, Gérard ^a   Halm, Marie Pierre ^b   Touffet Briens, Frédérique ^b  

^a France and University of Paris Sud   (France)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHE SUR LE MÉDICAMENT DE NORMANDIE   (France)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Exposure; Imidacloprid; Nectar; Pollen; Systemic insecticide

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; INSECTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY TEST;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HELIANTHUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 17644384083     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004071     Document Type: Article

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