Effect of Flumethrin on Survival and Olfactory Learning in Honeybees

Flumethrin has been widely used as an acaricide for the control of Varroa mites in commercial honeybee keeping throughout the world for many years. Here we test the mortality of the Asian honeybee Apis cerana cerana after treatment with flumethrin. We also ask (1) how bees react to the odor of flume...

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Main Authors: Tan, Ken, Yang, Shuang, Wang, Zhengwei, Menzel, Randolf
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681914/