The dose makes the poison: Have "field realistic" rates of exposure of bees to neonicotinoid insecticides been overestimated in laboratory studies?

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 607-614

  Carreck, Norman L ^a,b   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b International Bee Research Association   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bumble bees; Choice; Clothianidin; Concentration; Duration; Field studies; Honey bees; Imidacloprid; Laboratory studies; Thiamethoxam

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS);

EID: 84920115040     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.53.5.08     Document Type: Article

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