Pollen consumption in honey bee larvae: A step forward in the risk assessment of transgenic plants

Apidologie

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-300

  Babendreier, Dirk ^a   Kalberer, Nicole ^a   Romeis, Jörg ^a   Fluri, Peter ^b   Bigler, Franz ^a  

^a Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agrochemical; Apis mellifera; Maize; Pollen consumption; Risk assessment; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; MAIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2942566456     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004016     Document Type: Article

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