Spinosad in the native stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata: Regrettable non-target toxicity of a bioinsecticide

Chemosphere

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 103-109

  Tomé, Hudson Vaner V ^a   Barbosa, Wagner F ^a   Martins, Gustavo F ^a   Guedes, Raul Narciso C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavior; Group activity; Native pollinators; Neonicotinoids; Spinosyns; Sublethal impact

Indexed keywords

BIOHAZARDS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

BEHAVIOR; GROUP ACTIVITIES; NATIVE POLLINATORS; NEONICOTINOIDS; SPINOSYNS; SUBLETHAL IMPACT;

INSECTICIDES;

IMIDACLOPRID; SPINOSAD; DRUG COMBINATION; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; MACROLIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; BEE; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; INSECTICIDE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POLLINATOR; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIGHT; MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA; NONHUMAN; POLLINATOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; STINGLESS BEE; ANIMAL; BEE; BRAZIL; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; LD50; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APOIDEA; MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA; MELIPONINAE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BRAZIL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MACROLIDES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; RESPIRATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84922705419     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.11.038     Document Type: Article

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