Detailed Review on Pesticidal Toxicity to Honey Bees and Its Management

Kumar, Gaurava; Singh, Swoyam; Nagarajaiah, Rukesh Pramod Kodigenahalli

doi:10.5772/intechopen.91196

Cited by 17 publications

(21 citation statements)

References 68 publications

(78 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Toxicity levels of imidaclorpid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam in the ranges of of 0.004 to 0.075 µg/bee have been established to be lethal to bees [122–124]. Although this is below the known LD 50 s for these compounds for bees [125], they are within the range of concentrations known to have sub-lethal effects. For instance bumble bees were found to reduce learning capability and their short-term memeory impaired drastically when exposed to field realistic levels to 0.0024 mg/kg of thiamathoxam [126], which is 10-fold lower concentration than what was detected by Bargańska et al in Poland.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Honey contamination from plant protection products approved for cocoa cultivation: a systematic review of existing research and methods

Boakye

Stanley

White

2022

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Cocoa (Theobroma cocoa), which is the key ingredient of chocolate, is an important economic crop plant which supports the livelihoods of an estimated forty to fifty million people directly involved in its cultivation. Many cocoa producing countries, especially those from the developing world, rely on the income from cocoa export to support their economies. The plant is, however, prone to disease and pest attacks and therefore requires the application of large volumes of pesticides to guarantee satisfactory productions. Even though pesticides help protect the cocoa plant from disease and pest attacks, unintended effects of environmental contamination are also a possibility. Honey, a product of nectar collected by honeybees from flowers during foraging, may be a useful proxy for the extent to which landscapes are exposed to pesticides and the degree of pesticide accumulation in the environment. The overreaching question is: to what extent has the effect of pesticides imputed for cocoa production on honey received attention in research? In this present study, we conducted a systematic approach to quantify existing studies on honey contamination from plant protection products approved for cocoa cultivation. We observed that one hundred and fifty-five different compounds, comprising some recommended and other unapproved compounds for cocoa cultivation, were detected in 79% of the reviewed ninety publications. Our results further point to the neonicotinoids as the most studied class of pesticides, with imidacloprid particularly being the single most studied and detected compound. However, the most remarkable observation made from this study points to disproportionate studies of honey contamination from pesticides conducted in cocoa and non-cocoa producing countries with only 18% of the publications taking place in the latter. To bridge the gap, we suggest prioritising increased research in cocoa growing countries to ameliorate the significant gaps in knowledge owing to limited studies emanating from these geographic regions.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Honey contamination from plant protection products approved for cocoa cultivation: a systematic review of existing research and methods

Boakye

Stanley

White

2022

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Honey bee health: The proficiency of honey bees is due to their colony formation, physique and their foraging consistency (Kumar et al, 2020). Acute toxicity to sublethal and chronic effects can be seen on honey bee health.…”

Section: Pesticidal Threatsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk Assessment of Pesticidal Toxicity and Threats on Pollinators: A Review on Honey Bee

Naharki¹,

Regmi²

2020

Turkish JAF Sci.Tech.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Pollinators play vital roles to the environment, biodiversity conservation, food security and several dimensions of global sustainable development. Honey bee is an important pollinator globally but has been exposed to increasing threats from diseases, pesticides and biotic stresses. This review paper highlights the role of honey bees as pollinators, addresses threats which influence decline of honey bees and assess pesticidal risk toxicity on non-target organisms. Decline of honey bee population is caused by several factors including habitat fragmentation, pesticidal toxicity, colony collapse disorder and climate change. Pesticidal residue and toxicity has an adverse effect which results in honey bee population decline, disturb foraging and contamination of bee products. Residues of agricultural pesticides like pyrethroid and neonicotinoid pose a serious threat on honey bee health further reducing agricultural production and diversity. Pesticidal risk assessments are carried out to study effects of pesticides on pollinators with an aim to provide measures to safeguard their abundance, diversity and health. Sustainable agriculture, effective policy and proper management can decrease pollinators' risk by helping to diversify the agriculture for pollen and nectars with reduced usage of pesticides and proper management.

show abstract

“…Of the global pesticide consumption, 44% is targeted to kill insects [ 4 ]. Insecticides endanger honeybee health in various ways, e.g., by directly killing individuals through acute toxicity [ 10 ]. Honeybees are most at risk of primary exposure through contact with flowers sprayed immediately after application.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Binding and Detoxification of Insecticides by Potentially Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) Environment—An In Vitro Study

Leska

Nowak

Miśkiewicz

et al. 2022

Cells

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) naturally inhabiting the digestive tract of honeybees are known for their ability to detoxify xenobiotics. The effect of chlorpyrifos, coumaphos, and imidacloprid on the growth of LAB strains was tested. All strains showed high resistance to these insecticides. Subsequently, the insecticide binding ability of LAB was investigated. Coumaphos and chlorpyrifos were bound to the greatest extent (up to approx. 64%), and imidacloprid to a much weaker extent (up to approx. 36%). The insecticides were detected in extra- and intracellular extracts of the bacterial cell wall. The ability of selected LAB to reduce the cyto- and genotoxicity of insecticides was tested on two normal (ovarian insect Sf-9 and rat intestinal IEC-6) cell lines and one cancer (human intestinal Caco-2) cell line. All strains exhibited various levels of reduction in the cyto- and genotoxicity of tested insecticides. It seems that coumaphos was detoxified most potently. The detoxification abilities depended on the insecticide, LAB strain, and cell line. The detoxification of insecticides in the organisms of honeybees may reduce the likelihood of the penetration of these toxins into honeybee products consumed by humans and may contribute to the improvement of the condition in apiaries and honeybee health.

show abstract

Detailed Review on Pesticidal Toxicity to Honey Bees and Its Management

Cited by 17 publications

References 68 publications

Honey contamination from plant protection products approved for cocoa cultivation: a systematic review of existing research and methods

Honey contamination from plant protection products approved for cocoa cultivation: a systematic review of existing research and methods

Risk Assessment of Pesticidal Toxicity and Threats on Pollinators: A Review on Honey Bee

Binding and Detoxification of Insecticides by Potentially Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) Environment—An In Vitro Study

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About