Combined Effects of Pesticides and Electromagnetic-Fields on Honeybees: Multi-Stress Exposure.

ABSTRACT: Honeybee and general pollinator decline is extensively reported in many countries, adding new concern to the general biodiversity loss. Many studies were addressed to assess the causes of pollinator decline, concluding that in most cases multi-stress effects were the most probable ones. In this research, the combined effects of two possible stress sources for bees, pesticides and electromagnetic fields (multi-stress conditions), were analyzed in the field. Three experimental sites were chosen: a control one far from direct anthropogenic stress sources, a pesticide-stress site and multi-stress one, adding to the same exposure to pesticides the presence of an electromagnetic field, coming from a high-voltage electric line. Experimental apiaries were monitored weekly for one year (from April

SUBMITTER: Lupi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8396937 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature