Is Apis mellifera more sensitive to insecticides than other insects?

Pest Management Science

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1171-1180

  Hardstone, Melissa C ^a   Scott, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbamate; Comparative toxicology; Neonicotinoid; Organophosphate; Pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

CARBAMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HONEYBEE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; POLLINATOR; PYRETHROID; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMAL; BEE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LD 50; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INSECTICIDES; LETHAL DOSE 50; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77958488345     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2001     Document Type: Review

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