No impact of cyantraniliprole on the hibernation success of bumble bees (Bombus terrestris audax) in a soil-mediated laboratory exposure study.

ABSTRACT: Increasing evidence shows that wild bees, including bumble bees, are in decline due to a range of stressors, including pesticides. Our knowledge of pesticide impacts has consequently grown to enable the design of increasingly realistic risk assessment methods. However, one area where knowledge gaps may still hinder our ability to assess the full range of bee-pesticide interactions is the field of exposure. Exposure has historically been linked to either direct contact with pesticides or the ingestion of contaminated pollen and nectar by bees. However, bumble bees, and other wild bees, may also be exposed to pesticides while using contaminated soil as an overwintering substrate. Yet knowledge of how soil-mediated exposure affects bumble bee health is lacking. Here we take one of the first s

SUBMITTER: Linguadoca A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11445450 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature