Insecticides are chemicals used to kill insects, so it is unsurprising that many insecticides
have the potential to harm honey bees (Apis mellifera). However, bees are exposed to a …

Genetic engineering is a molecular biology technique that enables a gene or genes to be
inserted into a plant's genome. The first genetically engineered plants were grown …

Nearly all eukaryotes are host to beneficial or benign bacteria in their gut lumen, either
vertically inherited, or acquired from the environment. While bacteria core to the honey bee …

Effects of glyphosate on survival, developmental rate, larval weight, and midgut bacterial
diversity of Apis mellifera were tested in the laboratory. Larvae were reared in vitro and fed …

To delay evolution of pest resistance to transgenic crops producing insecticidal proteins from
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), the" pyramid" strategy uses plants that produce two or more toxins …

Losses of honey bees have been repeatedly reported from many places worldwide. The
widespread use of synthetic pesticides has led to concerns regarding their environmental …

Gene technology regulators receive applications seeking permission for the environmental
release of genetically modified (GM) plants, many of which possess beneficial traits such as …

Background The safe use of stacked transgenic crops in agriculture requires their
environmental and health risk assessment, through which unintended adverse effects are …

Bee pollinators are an important guild delivering a fundamental input to European
agriculture due to the ecological service they provide to crops in addition to the direct …

Abstract Busseola fusca (Fuller)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a stemborer pest that attacks
maize (Zea mays) throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Genetically modified maize has been …