The effect of pymetrozine (Plenum WG-50 ®) on proboscis extension conditioning in honey bees (Apis mellifera: Hybrid var. Buckfast)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 78, Issue , 2012, Pages 287-295

  Abramson, Charles I ^a   Sokolowski, Michel B C ^b   Brown, Erika A ^a   Pilard, Serge ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Honey bees; Plenum WG 50 ; Proboscis conditioning; Pymetrozine

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; PYMETROZINE; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HONEYBEE; PYMETROZINE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); INSECTICIDES; LEARNING; SUCROSE; TRIAZINES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 84857442586     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.11.038     Document Type: Article

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