Differential insecticide susceptibility of the Neotropical stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata and the honey bee Apis mellifera

dc.creatorDel Sarto, Mário César L.
dc.creatorOliveira, Eugênio E.
dc.creatorGuedes, Raul Narciso C.
dc.creatorCampos, Lúcio Antônio O.
dc.date2019-03-07T14:02:53Z
dc.date2019-03-07T14:02:53Z
dc.date2014-09
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-27T20:46:43Z
dc.date.available2023-09-27T20:46:43Z
dc.identifier1297-9678
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-014-0281-6
dc.identifierhttp://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/23803
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8947722
dc.descriptionThe toxicity of three insecticides frequently used in Neotropical tomato cultivation (abamectin, deltamethrin, and methamidophos) was estimated on foragers of the Neotropical stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata (Lep.) and the honey bee Apis mellifera (L.). Our results showed that the susceptibility varied significantly with the type of exposure (ingestion, topical, or contact), and there were significant differences between species. While M. quadrifasciata was usually more susceptible to insecticides (except for abamectin) in realistic exposures (via ingestion and contact) than A. mellifera, the former was less susceptible than A. mellifera to topically applied insecticides, a less realistic means of insecticide exposure. These findings challenge the common extrapolation of toxicity bioassays with A. mellifera to all (native) bee pollinators. Such equivocated extrapolation may compromise the significant services provided by native bees in Neotropical ecosystems.
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherApidologie
dc.relationVolume 45, Issue 5, Pages 626–636, September 2014
dc.rightsINRA, DIB and Springer-Verlag France
dc.subjectInsecticide exposure
dc.subjectAcute toxicity
dc.subjectBuzz pollinators
dc.subjectWild bees
dc.titleDifferential insecticide susceptibility of the Neotropical stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata and the honey bee Apis mellifera
dc.typeArtigo


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