Assessing Exposure of Pesticides to Bees

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Authors

  • Joseph Wisk
  • Jens Pistorius
  • Mike Beevers
  • Richard Bireley
  • Zac Browning
  • Marie Pierre Chauzat
  • Alexander Nikolakis
  • Jay Overmyer
  • Robyn Rose
  • Robert Sebastien
  • Bernard Vaissière
  • Glynn Maynard
  • Muo Kasina
  • Roberta C.F. Nocelli
  • Cynthia Scott-Dupree
  • Erik Johansen
  • Claire Brittain
  • Mike Coulson
  • Axel Dinter
  • Mace Vaughan

An essential component of an ecological risk assessment is a prediction of exposure of the organisms being assessed. This chapter outlines exposure pathways for the different pesticide delivery methods, both nonsystemic and systemic, and discusses methods used to predict pesticide exposure to honey bees and non-Apis bees. It provides an outline of techniques employed to measure pesticide residues in relevant matrices and discusses higher tier field study designs that are used to refine bee exposure assessments for specific products. The chapter presents perspectives regarding pesticide application technologies that can be employed to mitigate bee exposure, as well as future research needs to further refine exposure assessments for this taxa. Workshop participants agreed that the most significant route of exposure to bees from foliar-applied pesticides is from both contact and oral exposure to contaminated pollen, nectar, and processed food.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPesticide Risk Assessment for Pollinators
EditorsDavid Fischer, Thomas Moriarty
Number of pages30
PublisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
Publication date14.07.2014
Pages45-74
ISBN (print)9781118852521
ISBN (electronic)9781118852408
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14.07.2014