A monitoring study to assess the acute mortality effects of indoxacarb on honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in flowering apple orchards

Pest Management Science

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1095-1099

  Van Der Steen, Jozef J M ^a   Dinter, Axel ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DuPont de Nemours GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Field monitoring; Honey bee; Indoxacarb; Steward

Indexed keywords

INDOXACARB; INSECTICIDE; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FLOWERING; HONEYBEE; INSECTICIDE; MONITORING; MORTALITY; ORCHARD;

ANIMAL; APPLE; BEE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MORTALITY; TIME; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; BEES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECTICIDES; MALUS; MORTALITY; OXAZINES; TIME FACTORS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 35648933013     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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