Effects, but no interactions, of ubiquitous pesticide and parasite stressors on honey bee (Apis mellifera) lifespan and behaviour in a colony environment

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4322-4331

  Retschnig, Gina ^a,b   Williams, Geoffrey R ^a,b   Odemer, Richard ^c   Boltin, Janina ^c   Di Poto, Cornelia ^c   Mehmann, Marion M ^a,b,e   Retschnig, Peter ^a,b   Winiger, Pius ^a,b   Rosenkranz, Peter ^c   Neumann, Peter ^a,b,d  

^a AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUVALINATE; INSECTICIDE; NITRILE; PYRETHROID; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; THIACLOPRID; THIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; BEE; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSEMA; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; INSECTICIDES; NITRILES; NOSEMA; PYRETHRINS; PYRIDINES; THIAZINES;

EID: 84949312861     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12825     Document Type: Article

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