Comment on "A common pesticide decreases foraging success and survival in honey bees"

Science. 2012 Sep 21;337(6101):1453; author reply 1453. doi: 10.1126/science.1224618.

Abstract

Henry et al. (Reports, 20 April, p. 348) used a model to predict that colony collapse in honey bees could be precipitated by pesticide-induced intoxication that disrupts navigation. Here, we show that collapse disappears when the model is recalculated with parameter values appropriate to the season when most pesticide-treated flowering crops bloom.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bees / drug effects*
  • Bees / physiology*
  • Colony Collapse*
  • Female
  • Homing Behavior / drug effects*
  • Insecticides / toxicity*
  • Male
  • Nitro Compounds / toxicity*
  • Oxazines / toxicity*
  • Thiazoles / toxicity*

Substances

  • Insecticides
  • Nitro Compounds
  • Oxazines
  • Thiazoles