Clearance of ingested neonicotinoid pesticide (imidacloprid) in honey bees (Apis mellifera) and bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

• Published in: Pest management science Vol. 70; no. 2; pp. 332 - 337
• Main Authors: Cresswell, James E, Robert, François-Xavier L, Florance, Hannah, Smirnoff, Nicholas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.02.2014; Wiley; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adaptability; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Animals; Apis mellifera; Bees; Bees - drug effects; Bees - metabolism; Behavior, Animal - drug effects; Behavioral biology; Biological and medical sciences; Bombus terrestris; Control; Crop residues; detoxification; Eating; ecotoxicology; Foraging behavior; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Imidazoles - pharmacokinetics; Imidazoles - toxicity; insecticide; Neonicotinoids; Nitro Compounds - pharmacokinetics; Nitro Compounds - toxicity; oilseed rape; Pesticide Residues - pharmacokinetics; Pesticide Residues - toxicity; Pesticides; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; Protozoa. Invertebrates; pulse exposure; recovery; Time Factors; Nitro compound; Insecticide; Brassica napus var. oleifera; Insecta; Apidae; Systemic; recovery; Ingestion; Apis mellifera; Neonicotinoid; Cruciferae; Apoidea; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Bombus terrestris; Aculeata; Oilseed rape; Ecotoxicology; Detoxification; Pesticides; Guanidines; Arthropoda; Spermatophyta; Imidacloprid; Hymenoptera; Invertebrata; pulse exposure; Oil plant (vegetal); insecticide; detoxification; ecotoxicology; oilseed rape

BACKGROUND Bees in agricultural landscapes are exposed to dietary pesticides such as imidacloprid when they feed from treated mass‐flowering crops. Concern about the consequent impact on bees makes it important to understand their resilience. In the laboratory, the authors therefore fed adult worker...