Sulfoxaflor Exposure and Its Detrimental Effects on Bees - Studies

'Bee friendly' pesticide cuts colonies by half, study finds
(Sarah KNAPTON, The Telegraph UK; August 15, 2018)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/08/15/pesticides-developed-replace-bee-killing-insecticides-also-damage/

N. B.:  A complementary link to the featured Nature research article entitled "Sulfoxaflor exposure reduces bumblebee reproductive success" by SIVITER et al., 2018 has been made available at the end of the aforementioned Telegraph UK news article.

But just in case...


Sulfoxaflor exposure reduces bumblebee reproductive success
(SIVITER et al., 2018)
https://www.researchgate.net/journal/1476-4687_Nature/publication/327076594_Sulfoxaflor_exposure_reduces_bumblebee_reproductive_success/links/5c7902ec92851c695049ab43/Sulfoxaflor-exposure-reduces-bumblebee-reproductive-success.pdf?origin=publication_detail


New generation of pesticides can reduce bumblebee reproduction
(News Release, Royal Holloway University of London; August 14, 2018)
https://royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/news/new-generation-of-pesticides-can-reduce-bumblebee-reproduction/


Other Research Studies:


Routes of Pesticide Exposure in Solitary, Cavity Nesting Bees
(KOPIT and PITT-SINGER, 2018)
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2593&context=biology_facpub

How Neonicotinoids Can Kill Bees
(HOPGOOD et al., 2016)
https://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/HowNeonicsCanKillBees_XercesSociety_Nov2016.pdf

Sublethal neonicotinoid insecticide exposure reduces solitary bee reproductive success
(SANDROCK et al., 2014)
http://www.academia.edu/download/42230984/Sublethal_neonicotinoid_insecticide_expo20160206-11499-1gvpga3.pdf



N. B.:  More information on the insecticide Sulfoxaflor (A Chiral Neonicotinoid) may be found in "Blog Archives" under the following title and date:

In Defense of Bees:  Temporary Pesticide Ban of Closer™ SC and Transform™ in France
                                                                                                                                             11/27/2017





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