Bees are essential pollinators of many crops and wild plants, and pesticide exposure is one
of the key environmental stressors affecting their health in anthropogenically modified …

In the coming decades, the human population will grow and demand more food. Therefore,
agricultural practices are expected to be intensified. Among these practices is pesticide …

Pesticides affect biota inside and outside agricultural fields due to their intrinsic mode of
action. This study investigated whether pesticide active substances (AS) approved for …

Flupyradifurone (FPF), a novel butenolide insecticide binding to nicotinic acetylcholine
receptors (nAChRs), has been shown to be less acutely toxic to western honey bees (Apis …

In the European registration process, pesticides are currently mainly tested on the honey
bee. Since sensitivity data for other bee species are lacking for the majority of xenobiotics, it …

Abstract Background The common Eastern bumble bee Bombus impatiens is native to North
America and is the main commercially reared pollinator in the Americas. There has been …

Currently, only Apis mellifera is used in environmental regulation to evaluate the hazard of
pesticides to pollinators. The low representativeness of pollinators and bee diversity in this …

Sodium pentachlorophenol (PCP-Na) is widespread in the marine environment; however, its
impact on marine organisms remains under-researched. Moerella iridescens and …

The high diversity and distinctive characteristics of stingless bees pose challenges in
utilizing toxicity test results for agrochemical registrations. Toxicity assessments were …

Stingless bees (tribe Meliponini), comprising over 600 known species within the largest
group of eusocial bees, play a critical role in ecosystem functioning through their pollination …