Synergistic and Antagonistic Interactions Between Varroa destructor Mites and Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Male Apis mellifera Honey Bees

Synergistic and Antagonistic Interactions Between Varroa destructor Mites and Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Male Apis mellifera Honey Bees

Pressures from multiple, sometimes interacting, stressors can have negative consequences to important ecosystem-service providing species like the western honey bee (Apis mellifera). The introduced parasite Varroa destructor and the neonicotinoid class of insecticides each represent important, nearl...

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Main Authors: Selina Bruckner, Lars Straub, Peter Neumann, Geoffrey R. Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
honey bee
drone
neonicotinoid
thiamethoxam
Varroa destructor
parasite
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.756027/full

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