Multiple routes of pesticide exposure for honey bees living near agricultural fields

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Krupke, Christian H ^a   Hunt, Greg J ^a   Eitzer, Brian D ^b   Andino, Gladys ^a   Given, Krispn ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTHIANIDIN; INSECTICIDE; NEONICOTINOID DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; THIAMETHOXAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; TALC;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPPING SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; SOIL ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BEE; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; MAIZE; POLLEN; SOIL;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOWERS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLLEN; SOIL; TALC; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84855310180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029268     Document Type: Article

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