Impact of chronic neonicotinoid exposure on honeybee colony performance and queen supersedure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Sandrock, Christoph ^a   Tanadini, Matteo ^b   Tanadini, Lorenzo G ^c   Fauser Misslin, Aline ^a,d   Potts, Simon G ^e   Neumann, Peter ^a,d  

^a AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTHIANIDIN; INSECTICIDE; THIAMETHOXAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; BROOD PARASITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HONEY; HONEYBEE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT SWARM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; QUEEN (INSECT); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BEE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES;

EID: 84905472565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103592     Document Type: Article

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