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SUBMITTER: Tosi S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5430654 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tosi Simone S Burgio Giovanni G Nieh James C JC
Scientific reports 20170426 1
Pesticides can pose environmental risks, and a common neonicotinoid pesticide, thiamethoxam, decreases homing success in honey bees. Neonicotinoids can alter bee navigation, but we present the first evidence that neonicotinoid exposure alone can impair the physical ability of bees to fly. We tested the effects of acute or chronic exposure to thiamethoxam on the flight ability of foragers in flight mills. Within 1 h of consuming a single sublethal dose (1.34 ng/bee), foragers showed excitation an ...[more]