pan-european assessment, monitoring, and mitigation of stressors on the health of bees

Here, you will find all public PoshBee deliverables as well as all scientific publications resulting from or relevant to the project.

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The novel insecticides flupyradifurone and sulfoxaflor do not act synergistically with viral pathogens in reducing honey bee (Apis mellifera) survival but sulfoxaflor modulates host immunocompetence

Authors: Al Naggar, Y., & Paxton, R. J.

Year: 2020

Journal: Microbial Biotechnology

Volume/Issue: 14/1

Publisher/Place: Wiley

Pages: 227-240

URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13673

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Interactions Between Thiamethoxam and Deformed Wing Virus Can Drastically Impair Flight Behavior of Honey Bees

Authors: Coulon, M., Dalmon, A., Di Prisco, G., Prado, A., Arban, F., Dubois, E., et al.

Year: 2020

Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology

Volume/Issue: 11

Publisher/Place: Frontiers Media

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00766

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Individual and combined impacts of sulfoxaflor and Nosema bombi on bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) larval growth

Authors: Siviter, H., Folly, A.J., Brown, M.J.F., & Leadbeater, E.

Year: 2020

Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Volume/Issue: 287

Publisher/Place: Royal Society of London

Pages: 2020935

URL/DOI: http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0935

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Sulfoxaflor exposure reduces egg laying in bumblebees Bombus terrestris

Authors: Siviter, H., Horner, J., Brown, M.J.F., & Leadbeater, E.

Year: 2019

Journal: Journal of Applied Ecology

Volume/Issue: 57/1

Publisher/Place: Blackwell Publishing Inc.

Pages: 160-169

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13519

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Diversity and Global Distribution of Viruses of the Western Honey Bee, Apis mellifera

Authors: Beaurepaire, A., et al.

Year: 2020

Journal: Insects

Volume/Issue: 11/4

Publisher/Place: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

Pages: 239

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11040239

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Bee Viruses: Routes of Infection in Hymenoptera

Authors: Yañez, O., Piot, N., Dalmon, A., de Miranda, J.R., Chantawannakul, P., Panziera, D., et al.

Year: 2020

Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology

Volume/Issue: 11

Publisher/Place: Frontiers Media

Pages: 943

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00943

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Neonicotinoid Clothianidin reduces honey bee immune response and contributes to Varroa mite proliferation

Authors: Annoscia, D., Di Prisco, G., Becchimanzi, A., et al.

Year: 2020

Journal: Nature Communications

Volume/Issue: 11

Publisher/Place: Nature Research

Pages: 5887

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19715-8

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Monitoring bee health in European agro-ecosystems using wing morphology and fat bodies

Authors: Vanderplanck, M., et al.

Year: 2021

Journal: One Ecosystem

Volume/Issue: 6

Publisher/Place: Pensoft Publishers

Pages: e63653

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/oneeco.6.e63653

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The impact of pollen quality on the sensitivity of bumblebees to pesticides

Authors: Barraud A., Nadarajah S., Vanderplanck M., & Michez D.

Year: 2020

Journal: Acta Oecologica

Volume/Issue: 105

Publisher/Place: Elsevier BV

Pages: 103552

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2020.103552

Roundup Causes High Levels of Contact Mortality in Bumblebees

Authors: Straw, E.A., Carpentier, E.N., & Brown, M.J.F.

Year: 2021

Journal: Journal of Applied Ecology

Volume/Issue: 58 (6)

Publisher/Place: Blackwell Publishing Inc.

Pages: 1167-1176

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13867

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Holistic environmental risk assessment for bees

Authors: Topping C.J., Brown M., Chetcuti J., de Miranda J.R., Nazzi F., Neumann P., Paxton R.J., Rundlöf M., & Stout J.C.

Year: 2021

Journal: Science

Volume/Issue: 371 (6532)

Publisher/Place: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Pages: 897

URL/DOI: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6532/897.1

Pesticide risk assessment in honeybees: Toward the use of behavioral and reproductive performances as assessment endpoints

Authors: Barascou, L., Brunet, J-L., Belzunces, L., Decourtye, A., Henry, M., Fourrier, J., Le Conte, Y., & Alaux, C.

Journal: Chemosphere

Volume/Issue: 276

Publisher/Place: Pergamon Press Ltd.

Pages: 130134

URL/DOI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653521006032?via%3Dihub

Sulfoxaflor insecticide and azoxystrobin fungicide have no major impact on honeybees in a realistic-exposure semi-field experiment

Authors: Tamburin, G., Wintermantel, D., Allan, M.J., Dean, R.R., Knauer, A., Albrecht, M., & Klein, A-M.

Year: 2021

Journal: Science of the Total Environment

Volume/Issue: 778

Publisher/Place: Elsevier BV

Pages: 146084

URL/DOI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969721011517?via%3Dihub

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Sulfoxaflor and nutritional deficiency synergistically reduce survival and fecundity in bumblebees

Authors: Linguadoca A., Rizzi C., Villa S., & Brown M.J.F.

Year: 2021

Journal: Science of The Total Environment

Volume/Issue: 795

Publisher/Place: Elsevier BV

Pages: 148680

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148680

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Taxon-specific temporal shifts in pollinating insects in mass-flowering crops and field margins in Ireland

Authors: Bottero, I., Hodge, S., & Stout, J.

Year: 2021

Journal: Journal of Pollination Ecology

Volume/Issue: 28

Publisher/Place: ICPPR

Pages: 90–107

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.26786/1920-7603(2021)628

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Fungicide and insecticide exposure adversely impacts bumblebees and pollination services under semi-field conditions

Authors: Tamburini, G., et al.

Year: 2021

Journal: Environment International

Volume/Issue: 157

Publisher/Place: Elsevier BV

Pages: 106813

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106813

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Pollen nutrition fosters honeybee tolerance to pesticides

Authors: Barascou, L., et al.

Year: 2021

Journal: Royal Society Open Science

Volume/Issue: 8 (9)

Publisher/Place: Royal Society

Pages: 210818

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210818

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Co-formulant in a commercial fungicide product causes lethal and sub-lethal effects in bumble bees

Authors: Straw, E.A., & Brown, M.J.F.

Year: 2021

Journal: Scientific Reports

Volume/Issue: 11

Publisher/Place: Nature Research

Pages: 21653

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00919-x

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No evidence of effects or interaction between the widely used herbicide, glyphosate, and a common parasite in bumble bees

Authors: Straw, E.A., & Brown, M.J.F.

Year: 2021

Journal: PeerJ

Volume/Issue: 9:e12486

Publisher/Place: O'Reilly and SAGE

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12486

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Stakeholder summary: Pollen nutrition fosters honeybee tolerance to pesticides

Authors: Barascou, L.

Year: 2022

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