Efeitos da exposição de Bombus terrestris audax, Apis mellifera carnica e Scaptotrigona bipunctata ao neonicotinóide tiametoxam e uso de Scaptotrigona aff. depilis como bioindicador

Abstract

aff. depilis forager workers allowed to consider this species as bioindicator of environmental contamination. In this study, the mortality was not a conclusive parameter as to the potential adverse effects of thiamethoxam for the bees. The potential iv of Scaptotrigona aff. depilis species as bioindicator is an important step to assess environmental contamination by neonicotinoids on stingless bees, may be used for public policy.