Pesticides play a pivotal role in controlling pests and disease infestations not only in urban
agriculture but also in non-agricultural settings. Several pesticides like herbicides …

Wild and managed pollinators provide a wide range of benefits to society in terms of
contributions to food security, farmer and beekeeper livelihoods, social and cultural values …

Global concern over widely documented declines in pollinators,–has led to the identification
of anthropogenic stressors that, individually, are detrimental to bee populations …

Pesticides are applied in large quantities to agroecosystems worldwide. To date, few studies
assessed the occurrence of pesticides in organically managed agricultural soils, and it is …

Bee pollination is economically and ecologically vital and recent declines in bee populations
are therefore a concern. One possible cause of bee declines is pesticide use. Bumblebees …

Climate change could increase species' extinction risk as temperatures and precipitation
begin to exceed species' historically observed tolerances. Using long-term data for 66 …

Pesticides are integral components of modern agricultural practices. The primary benefit of
pesticide application includes immediate gain in terms of quality and quantity of food …

Neonicotinoid use has increased rapidly in recent years, with a global shift toward
insecticide applications as seed coatings rather than aerial spraying. While the use of seed …

Experiments linking neonicotinoids and declining bee health have been criticized for not
simulating realistic exposure. Here we quantified the duration and magnitude of …

Neonicotinoid pesticides were first introduced in the mid-1990s, and since then, their use
has grown rapidly. They are now the most widely used class of insecticides in the world, with …