Bees prefer foods containing neonicotinoid pesticides

Sébastien C. Kessler, Erin Jo Tiedeken, Kerry L. Simcock, Sophie Derveau, Jessica Mitchell, Samantha Softley, Amy Radcliffe, Jane C. Stout and Geraldine A. Wright ()
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Sébastien C. Kessler: Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University
Erin Jo Tiedeken: Trinity College Dublin
Kerry L. Simcock: Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University
Sophie Derveau: School of Biology, Newcastle University
Jessica Mitchell: Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, Tinsley Building, University of Oxford
Samantha Softley: Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University
Amy Radcliffe: Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University
Jane C. Stout: Trinity College Dublin
Geraldine A. Wright: Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University

Nature, 2015, vol. 521, issue 7550, 74-76

Abstract: It has been suggested that the negative effects on bees of neonicotinoid pesticides could be averted in field conditions if they chose not to forage on treated nectar; here field-level neonicotinoid doses are used in laboratory experiments to show that honeybees and bumblebees do not avoid neonicotinoid-treated food and instead actually prefer it.

Date: 2015
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