How do pesticides impact honey, and honey bees? What happens to those bees used in commercial pollination, who are most impacted agrichemicals?
Sublethal Effects of Plastics on Honey Bees
Bees are exposed to microplastics when foraging on contaminated nectar, pollen, water and plant resins. A “microplastic” is defined as a polymer particle with a plasticizer component (a substance that makes it “plastic” and flexible).
Flumethrin for Varroa
For readers in Australia, Varroa mites is slowing spreading from New South Wales and into the remaining states. As of writing, surveillance teams have been deployed with sticky mats and flumethrin for Varroa screening. Yours
How Pesticides Kill Bees
Previous articles analysed the sublethal effects of pesticides on bees and the consequences of accumulated, prolonged impairments. This article elaborates on how these sublethal effects kill bees. Three case studies of pesticide toxicity are examined:
Are Organic Pesticides Safer for Bees?
The topic of examining the effects of pesticides on bees and beneficial insects has been an overarching theme these past few months, from investigations on off-target effects on Apis mellifera to discussions on the sublethal
Pesticides in Honey
Where humans work with plants, there are pesticides. In the case of honey bees, who forage up to 10 kilometres from their hive, it is these foraging bees who will encounter pesticide residues on flowers
How Do Neonicotinoids Affect Bees?
Neonicotinoid insecticides are are synthetic compounds modelled after the natural plant-based pesticide nicotine and are systemically distributed throughout the plant tissue (including its nectar and/or pollen) when applied as a seed coating. These agricultural chemicals
Does Roundup Kill Bees?
Glyphosate-based herbicides like the Roundup products have been investigated for a variety of health and ecological reasons. Despite the differences in glyphosate pesticide formulations, studies show that this active ingredient has lethal and sublethal effects
Bees, Herbicides and Fungicides
When discussing chemical use in residential and agricultural settings, insecticides are quickly blamed due to their harmful impacts on bees. However, Insecticides are just one element within the “pesticide” category, with other components being fungicides
How do Pesticides Affect Honey Bees?
Pesticides (insecticides, herbicides and fungicides) are chemicals used for pest control in residential and commercial environments. Not all pesticides kill bees instantly, and many have delayed sub-lethal effects that appear when a critical threshold is