In-hive Pesticide Exposome: Assessing risks to migratory honey bees from in-hive pesticide contamination in the Eastern United States

This study measured part of the in-hive pesticide exposome by analyzing residues from live in-hive bees, stored pollen, and wax in migratory colonies over time and compared exposure to colony health. We summarized the pesticide burden using three different additive methods: (1) the hazard quotient (...

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Main Authors: Traynor, Kirsten S., Pettis, Jeffery S., Tarpy, David R., Mullin, Christopher A., Frazier, James L., Frazier, Maryann, vanEngelsdorp, Dennis
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5024099/