Comparative chronic toxicity of three neonicotinoids on New Zealand packaged honey bees.

Thiamethoxam, clothianidin, and imidacloprid are the most commonly used neonicotinoid insecticides on the Canadian prairies. There is widespread contamination of nectar and pollen with neonicotinoids, at concentrations which are sublethal for honey bees (Apis mellifera Linnaeus).We compared the effe...

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Main Authors: Sarah C Wood, Ivanna V Kozii, Roman V Koziy, Tasha Epp, Elemir Simko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5749814?pdf=render