title: A common pesticide decreases foraging success and survival in honey bees.
abstract: Nonlethal exposure of honey bees to thiamethoxam (neonicotinoid systemic pesticide) causes high mortality due to homing failure at levels that could put a colony at risk of collapse. Simulated exposure events on free-ranging foragers labeled with a radio-frequency identification tag suggest that homing is impaired by thiamethoxam intoxication. These experiments offer new insights into the consequences of common neonicotinoid pesticides used worldwide.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UR406 Abeilles et Environnement, F-84914 Avignon, France. mickael.henry@avignon.inra.fr
authors.forename: Mickaël
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Béguin
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Requier
authors.forename: Orianne
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rollin
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Odoux
authors.forename: Pierrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aupinel
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aptel
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tchamitchian
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Decourtye
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D056631:Colony Collapse; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006702:Homing Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D000073943:Neonicotinoids; D009574:Nitro Compounds / Q000633:toxicity*; D010078:Oxazines / Q000633:toxicity*; D011157:Population Dynamics; D057233:Radio Frequency Identification Device; D012307:Risk Factors; D000077922:Thiamethoxam; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D000073943:Neonicotinoids; D009574:Nitro Compounds; D010078:Oxazines; D013844:Thiazoles; D000077922:Thiamethoxam