Biopesticides and insect pollinators: Detrimental effects, outdated guidelines, and future directions

F Cappa, D Baracchi, R Cervo - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
As synthetic pesticides play a major role in pollinator decline worldwide, biopesticides have
been gaining increased attention to develop more sustainable methods for pest …

Recommendations for the design of laboratory studies on non-target arthropods for risk assessment of genetically engineered plants

J Romeis, RL Hellmich, MP Candolfi, K Carstens… - Transgenic …, 2011 - Springer
This paper provides recommendations on experimental design for early-tier laboratory
studies used in risk assessments to evaluate potential adverse impacts of arthropod …

What's killing American honey bees?

BP Oldroyd - PLoS biology, 2007 - journals.plos.org
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[PDF][PDF] Global pollinator decline: a literature review

S Kluser, P Peduzzi - Geneva: UNEP/GRID, 2007 - access.archive-ouverte.unige.ch
We are currently enduring the 6th mass extinction, losing between 1-10% of biodiversity per
decade 1, mostly as a result of habitat loss, pest invasion (exotics), pollution, over harvesting …

A meta-analysis of effects of Bt crops on honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

JJ Duan, M Marvier, J Huesing, G Dively, ZY Huang - PloS one, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background Honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) are the most important pollinators of many
agricultural crops worldwide and are a key test species used in the tiered safety assessment …

Effects of Cry1Ab protoxin, deltamethrin and imidacloprid on the foraging activity and the learning performances of the honeybee Apis mellifera, a comparative …

R Ramirez-Romero, J Chaufaux, MH Pham-Delègue - Apidologie, 2005 - apidologie.org
In a comparative approach, we evaluated the effects of Cry1Ab protoxin, deltamethrin and
imidacloprid insecticides on mortality, syrup consumption, foraging activity and olfactory …

Dissecting the Environmental Consequences of Bacillus thuringiensis Application for Natural Ecosystems

ME Belousova, YV Malovichko, AE Shikov… - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), a natural pathogen of different invertebrates, primarily insects, is
widely used as a biological control agent. While Bt-based preparations are claimed to be …

Effects of transgene products on honey bees (Apis mellifera) and bumblebees (Bombus sp.)

LA Malone, MH Pham-Delègue - Apidologie, 2001 - apidologie.org
As more transgenic crop plants become commercialised, there is an increasing need for
information on their impacts on honey bees and bumblebees. Direct effects on bees may …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of microorganisms and entomopathogenic nematodes used for plant protection on solitary and social bee pollinators: Host range, specificity …

S Erler, JH Eckert, M Steinert, AT Alkassab - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Pollinating bees are stressed by highly variable environmental conditions, malnutrition,
parasites and pathogens, but may also by getting in contact with microorganisms or …

Influence of Bt-transgenic pollen, Bt-toxin and protease inhibitor (SBTI) ingestion on development of the hypopharyngeal glands in honeybees

D Babendreier, NM Kalberer, J Romeis, P Fluri… - Apidologie, 2005 - apidologie.org
In order to assess the risks of transgenic crops for honey bee colonies, we studied the
development of hypopharyngeal glands of adult workers. We introduced 50 newly emerged …