Thiamethoxam: Assessing flight activity of honeybees foraging on treated oilseed rape using radio frequency identification technology

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 385-393

  Thompson, Helen ^a   Coulson, Mike ^a   Ruddle, Natalie ^a   Wilkins, Selwyn ^b   Harkin, Sarah ^b  

^a JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging; Honeybee; Radio frequency identification (RFID); Thiamethoxam

Indexed keywords

CROPS; OILSEEDS; RADIO WAVES;

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORAGING; HONEYBEE; HONEYBEE COLONIES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TRANSPONDERS; THIAMETHOXAM; TREATMENT GROUP;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

THIAMETHOXAM; FUNGICIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DICOTYLEDON; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FUNGICIDE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INSECTICIDE; RADIO WAVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; BEE DISEASE; BLACK QUEEN CELL VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLYING; FORAGER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCASTANACEAE; LIFESPAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE; ORGANISM COLONY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; RAPESEED; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS DETECTION; ANIMAL; BEE; BRASSICA RAPA; DRUG EFFECTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GREAT BRITAIN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT; POLLINATION; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BRASSICA NAPUS;

ANIMALS; BEES; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OXAZINES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PLANTS; POLLINATION; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84956591953     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.3183     Document Type: Article

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