Comparative toxicity of pesticides to stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1737-1742

  Valdovinos Neúñz, Gustavo Rafael ^a   Quezada Euan, Jos Javier G ^b   Ancona Xiu, Patricia ^b   Moo Valle, Humberto ^b   Carmona, Angélica ^c   Sánchez, Esaú Ruiz ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE CONKAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

LD50; M xico; Pesticide; Stingless bee

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA BEECHEII; MELIPONINAE; NANNOTRIGONA PERILAMPOIDES; TRIGONA NIGRA;

DIMPYLATE; IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; METHOMYL; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; THIACLOPRID; THIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LD 50; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; DIAZINON; FEMALE; IMIDAZOLES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; METHOMYL; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDES; PYRIDINES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THIAZINES;

EID: 73949138479     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/029.102.0502     Document Type: Article

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