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Insecticide and Fungicide Effect on Thermal and Olfactory Behavior of Bees and Their Disappearance in Bees’ Tissues by Bartosz Piechowicz; Edyta Początek; Izabela Woś; Lech Zaręba; Anna Koziorowska; Magdalena Podbielska; Przemysław Grodzicki; Ewa Szpyrka; Stanisław Sadło is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.

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Plant protection products may affect the behavior of organisms which are not a target of control. The effect of Karate Zeon 050 CS (λ-Cyhalothrin -based insecticide; λ-CBI) and Amistar 250 SC (Azoxystrobin-based fungicide; ABF) was determined on Apis mellifera worker attraction towards their own colony odour, along with temperature preferences. Bees exposed to pesticides prefer the environment with the odour of their nest less often than the control group, and that insecticide-treated bees chose warmer environments than the control insects. The observed differences in the bees, especially with attraction towards their own colony, were dependent on the time of day. Chromatographic analyses indicated that λ-Cyhalothrin elimination was half that of Azoxystrobin in bee organisms, and both agents retarded each other's clearance. Mathematical modeling estimated that despite a relatively high disappearance rate, both compounds might have been bio-accumulated at relatively high level.

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Author

Bartosz Piechowicz; Edyta Początek; Izabela Woś; Lech Zaręba; Anna Koziorowska; Magdalena Podbielska; Przemysław Grodzicki; Ewa Szpyrka; Stanisław Sadło

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)