CODLING, Garry Paul, Yahya AL NAGGAR, John P. GIESY and Albert J. ROBERTSON. Neonicotinoid insecticides in pollen, honey and adult bees in colonies of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) in Egypt. Ecotoxicology. DORDRECHT: SPRINGER, 2018, vol. 27, No 2, p. 122-131. ISSN 0963-9292. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10646-017-1876-2.
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Original name Neonicotinoid insecticides in pollen, honey and adult bees in colonies of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) in Egypt
Authors CODLING, Garry Paul (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Yahya AL NAGGAR (818 Egypt), John P. GIESY (124 Canada) and Albert J. ROBERTSON (124 Canada).
Edition Ecotoxicology, DORDRECHT, SPRINGER, 2018, 0963-9292.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10511 Environmental sciences
Country of publisher Netherlands
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 2.460
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/18:00102896
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10646-017-1876-2
UT WoS 000425758800003
Keywords in English Hazard assessment; Agriculture; Honey bees; Metabolites; Imidacloprid; LD50
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Michaela Hylsová, Ph.D., učo 211937. Changed: 2/6/2018 13:03.
Abstract
Honeybee losses have been attributed to multiple stressors and factors including the neonicotinoid insecticides (NIs). Much of the study of hive contamination has been focused upon temperate regions such as Europe, Canada and the United States. This study looks for the first time at honey, pollen and bees collected from across the Nile Delta in Egypt in both the spring and summer planting season of 2013. There is limited information upon the frequency of use of NIs in Egypt but the ratio of positive identification and concentrations of NIs are comparable to other regions. Metabolites of NIs were also monitored but given the low detection frequency, no link between matrices was possible in the study. Using a simple hazard assessment based upon published LD50 values for individual neonicotinoids upon the foraging and brood workers it was found that there was a potential risk to brood workers if the lowest reported LD50 was compared to the sum of the maximum NI concentrations. For non-lethal exposure there was significant risk at the worst case to brood bees but actual exposure effects are dependant upon the genetics and conditions of the Egyptian honeybee subspecies that remain to be determined.
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