Effects of Pesticides and Adjuvants on the Honey Bee, <i>Apis mellifera</i>: An Updated Bibliographic Review

Cloyd, Raymond A.

doi:10.5772/intechopen.89082

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“…Honey bees play an important role in the environmental ecosystem, as pollinating species with contribute to the production of honey, beeswax and other bee products (Panseri et al, 2020). The European or western honey bee, Apis mellifera L., is used for pollination in growing agricultural and horticultural plants and its contribution to agricultural production in the world is around 170-200 billion dollars (Cloyd, 2019). Pesticides are used to protect agricultural products, but some can affect bee health with their toxicity, depending on the active ingredient used and the formulation of different pesticide products (Lozowicka, 2013).…”

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The Effect of Organochlorine Insecticides on Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Deaths Seen in Adana Region

Seğmenoğlu

2021

Journal of Advances in VetBio Science and Techniques

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Our society has attached great importance to beekeeping and honey since the past, and the popularity of other bee products in recent years has made beekeeping and bee health even more important. There are many reasons that can cause colony loss, which is seen together with intense deaths in bees, one of them is death due to toxicity caused by pesticides. In the study, 188 bee samples received between January and April 2015-2018 in Adana region were examined. These samples were examined qualitatively in terms of organochlorine pesticides by scanning the pesticides with gas chromatography device and scanning analysis method with GC-MS technique in materials with suspected poisoning. In the examination of the bee samples, there was no detectable level of any substance in terms of organochlorine pesticides. This situation showed that organochlorine pesticides did not play a role in bee colony losses in the samples received in Adana province and its surroundings between 2015-2018 due to the suspicion of toxicity due to heavy bee deaths. It should be kept in mind that deaths with massive bee colony losses may be due to different pesticide types and / or subacute and acute diseases.

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The Effect of Organochlorine Insecticides on Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Deaths Seen in Adana Region

Seğmenoğlu

2021

Journal of Advances in VetBio Science and Techniques

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“…Зокрема, в останнє десятиліття простежується загрозлива тенденція масової загибелі бджіл світового масштабу, яку характеризують як колапс бджолиної сім'ї (синдром ССD) (van Engelsdorp et al, 2017). Серед основних причин масової загибелі медоносних бджіл виділяють: інфекційні та інвазійні хвороби, застосування пестицидів та інших хімічних засобів у рослинництві, експлуатація бджіл в умовах монокультур, безконтрольні промислові переміщення бджолиних сімей з одного регіону в другий (Chen et al, 2008;Guzmán-Novoa et al, 2010;Cloyd, 2019). Важливим розділом превентивно-профілактичних робіт у системі забезпечення здоров'я медоносних бджіл посідає комплекс санітарно-гігієнічних заходів, зокрема, дезінфекція (Romanchenko et al, 2015).…”

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Efficiency of application of modern sanitation supplies in beekeeping

2019

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The article presents the results of studies of the effect of commercial disinfectants registered in Ukraine and allowed for use in beekeeping, as well as a comparative characteristic of their effectiveness in the disinfection of wooden beehive structures. The research was conducted on the basis of the departments of hygiene, sanitation and general veterinary prevention and technology of production and processing of products of small animals of the Lviv National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology named after S.Z. Gzhytskyi and SLW “Biolab” Food and Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (Ostroda, Poland). For research in the spring and summer period 4 groups of test objects were formed on the principle of analogues. Distilled water was used to control disinfection (test group 1). In the second experimental group for disinfection used “Brovadez-20” (active substance benzalkonium chloride 0.5%), in the third experimental group гру “Vetox-1000” (active substance hypochlorite 0.3%) and in the fourth experimental group – “Sumerian silver”(active ingredient of 10% citrate of Argentum citrate). In a comparative analysis of the effectiveness of the disinfectants of the II, III and IV groups, the growth of gram-positive (Streptomyces badius, Curtobakterium) and gram-negative bacteria (Xanthomonas hyacinthi, Pseudomonas alcaligenes, Acidovorax defluvii) was detected, respectively, among the endophores. In the current literature, information on the threat to the health of the honey bee detected by microorganisms is missing. According to the research, certain differences between the effectiveness of disinfectants have been established. It was found that the total microbial number (BMI) was 0.15% in group II, 0.16% in group III and up to 0.10% in group IV relative to control. It was found that the Sumer silver disinfectant at 10% concentration provides the best bactericidal effect (P < 0.001). In a comparative intergroup analysis of the effectiveness of disinfectants, it was found that in the conditions of the experiment, the level of bactericidal activity was the highest in the experiment with the SMC in the case of the use of “Sumer silver” was 32.3% and 34.4% better compared to “Brovades-20” and “Vetox-1000”, respectively. The use of “Sumerian silver” allows you to get the desired result 10 and 4 times faster than the disinfectants “Brovadez-20” and “Vetox-1000” respectively.

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Effects of pesticide-adjuvant combinations used in almond orchards on olfactory responses to social signals in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Wu,

Liao,

Lin

et al. 2023

Sci Rep

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Exposure to agrochemical sprays containing pesticides and tank-mix adjuvants has been implicated in post-bloom mortality, particularly of brood, in honey bee colonies brought into California almond orchards for pollination. Although adjuvants are generally considered to be biologically inert, some adjuvants have exhibited toxicity and sublethal effects, including decreasing survival rates of next-generation queens. Honey bees have a highly developed olfactory system to detect and discriminate among social signals. To investigate the impact of pesticide-adjuvant combinations on honey bee signal perception, we performed electroantennography assays to assess alterations in their olfactory responsiveness to the brood ester pheromone (BEP), the volatile larval pheromone β-ocimene, and the alarm pheromone 2-heptanone. These assays aimed to uncover potential mechanisms underlying changes in social behaviors and reduced brood survival after pesticide exposure. We found that combining the adjuvant Dyne-Amic with the fungicide Tilt (propiconazole) and the insecticide Altacor (chlorantraniliprole) synergistically enhanced olfactory responses to three concentrations of BEP and as well exerted dampening and compensatory effects on responses to 2-heptanone and β-ocimene, respectively. In contrast, exposure to adjuvant alone or the combination of fungicide and insecticide had no effect on olfactory responses to BEP at most concentrations but altered responses to β-ocimene and 2-heptanone. Exposure to Dyne-Amic, Altacor, and Tilt increased BEP signal amplitude, indicating potential changes in olfactory receptor sensitivity or sensilla permeability to odorants. Given that, in a previous study, next-generation queens raised by nurses exposed to the same treated pollen experienced reduced survival, these new findings highlight the potential disruption of social signaling in honey bees and its implications for colony reproductive success.

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Effects of Pesticides and Adjuvants on the Honey Bee, Apis mellifera: An Updated Bibliographic Review

Cited by 6 publications

References 88 publications

The Effect of Organochlorine Insecticides on Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Deaths Seen in Adana Region

The Effect of Organochlorine Insecticides on Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Deaths Seen in Adana Region

Efficiency of application of modern sanitation supplies in beekeeping

Effects of pesticide-adjuvant combinations used in almond orchards on olfactory responses to social signals in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

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