The relevance of sublethal effects in honey bee testing for pesticide risk assessment

Pest Management Science

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1058-1061

  Thompson, Helen M ^a   Maus, Christian ^b  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Honey bees; Pesticides; Risk assessment; Sublethal effects

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

HONEYBEE; LEARNING; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ANIMAL; BEE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BEES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 35649012806     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1458     Document Type: Conference Paper

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