Neonicotinoids act like endocrine disrupting chemicals in newly-emerged bees and winter bees

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 10979 - 18
• Main Authors: Baines, Danica, Wilton, Emily, Pawluk, Abbe, de Gorter, Michael, Chomistek, Nora
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 08.09.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/601; 631/601/1466; 64; Acute toxicity; Apis mellifera; Ataxia; Bees; Chronic exposure; Chronic toxicity; Endocrine disruptors; Honey; Humanities and Social Sciences; Imidacloprid; Insecticides; multidisciplinary; Nectar; Pesticides; Pollen; Pollination; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Species; Thiamethoxam; Toxicity; Winter

Accumulating evidence suggests that neonicotinoids may have long-term adverse effects on bee health, yet our understanding of how this could occur is incomplete. Pesticides can act as endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in animals providing characteristic multiphasic dose-response curves and non-l...