Pesticide exposure in honey bees results in increased levels of the gut pathogen Nosema

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-158

  Pettis, Jeffery S ^a   Vanengelsdorp, Dennis ^b   Johnson, Josephine ^c   Dively, Galen ^b  

^a USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Imidacloprid; Nosema; Pathogens; Pesticides; Sub lethal

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONY STRUCTURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; IMIDACLOPRID; INFECTIVITY; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; POLLINATOR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BEE; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSEMA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; IMIDAZOLES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; NOSEMA; PESTICIDES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; NOSEMA;

EID: 84862777932     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0881-1     Document Type: Article

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