Combined pesticide exposure severely affects individual- and colony-level traits in bees
Chronic exposure of bumblebees to two pesticides (a neonicotinoid and a pyrethroid) independently and in combination, at concentrations approximating field-level exposure, impairs natural foraging behaviour and increases worker mortality, with knock-on effects for brood development and colony success.
Publication Date:
01/11/2012
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