Effects of neonicotinoid imidacloprid exposure on bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) queen survival and nest initiation

Agriculture & Biology

• Apidae 66%
• bees 15%
• Bombus 65%
• Bombus impatiens 17%
• brood rearing 7%
• dietary exposure 7%
• dosage 8%
• eclosion 5%
• foraging 18%
• Hymenoptera 47%
• imidacloprid 66%
• insects 3%
• nectar 5%
• neonicotinoid insecticides 72%
• nests 45%
• oviposition 4%
• pesticides 4%
• pollen 8%
• queen insects 61%
• risk reduction 7%
• sublethal effects 6%
• syrups 6%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Bees 77%
• Dietary Exposure 9%
• Hymenoptera 86%
• imidacloprid 95%
• Impatiens 27%
• Insecta 7%
• Longevity 6%
• Mortality 3%
• Neonicotinoids 100%
• Occupational Groups 5%
• Ovum 7%
• Pesticides 7%
• Plant Nectar 12%
• Poisons 5%
• Pollen 16%
• Survival 31%
• Therapeutics 1%
• Weights and Measures 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• bee 70%
• dose 12%
• effect 13%
• egg 5%
• exposure 32%
• imidacloprid 86%
• insect 5%
• mitigation 4%
• mortality 4%
• nectar 8%
• neonicotinoid pesticide 89%
• nest 63%
• parameter 1%
• pesticide 4%
• pollen 10%
• rate 1%
• sublethal effect 7%