Current Pesticide Risk Assessment Protocols Do Not Adequately Address Differences Between Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) and Bumble Bees (Bombus spp.)
Recent research has demonstrated colony-level sublethal effects of imidacloprid on bumble bees, affecting foraging and food consumption, and thus colony growth and reproduction, at lower pesticide concentrations than for honey bee colonies. However, these studies may not reflect the full effects of...
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Environmental Science |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fenvs.2016.00079/full |