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Title Pesticides in honey bee colonies: Establishing a baseline for real world exposure over seven years in the USA
Author Kirsten S.Traynor, Simone Tosi, Karen Rennich, Nathalie Steinhauer, Eva Forsgren, Robyn Rose, Grace Kunkel, Shayne Madella, Dawn Lopez, Heather Eversole, Rachel Fahey, Jeffery Pettis, Jay D.Evans, Dennis vanEngelsdorp
Date 2021-06-15
Description valuating pesticide exposure risk to pollinators is an ongoing problem. Here we apply five metrics for pesticide exposure risk (prevalence, diversity, concentration, significant pesticide prevalence, and hazard quotient (HQ)) to a nation-wide field study of honey bees, Apis mellifera in the United States.
Keywords Apis mellifera Pollen Pesticides Exposure risk Colony morbidity
URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749121001445
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