Abstract Exposure to Plant Protection Products, PPPs,(fungicides, herbicides and
insecticides) is a significant stressor for bees and other pollinators, and has recently been …

Bees are essential pollinators of many crops and wild plants, and pesticide exposure is one
of the key environmental stressors affecting their health in anthropogenically modified …

Large-scale declines in bee abundance and species richness over the last decade have
sounded an alarm, given the crucial pollination services that bees provide. Population dips …

In an agricultural environment, where crops are treated with pesticides, bees are likely to be
exposed to a range of chemical compounds in a variety of ways. The extent to which …

In many countries, the western honey bee is used as surrogate in pesticide risk assessments
for bees. However, uncertainty remains in the estimation of pesticide risk to non‐Apis bees …

Discussions about environmental risk reassessment of pesticides have grown in the last
decades, especially in tropical and subtropical regions since the diversity of bee species in …

Abstract Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) are pollinators of both cultivated and wild
crop plants in the Neotropical region. However, they are susceptible to pesticide exposure …

All across the world, different countries use Ecological risk assessments (ERA) of pesticides
to pollinators as a regulatory tool to understand the safety of pesticide use in agriculture …

Introduction Stingless bee breeding, also called Meliponiculture, has existed for thousands
of years in Mesoamerica among a variety of rural and indigenous cultures. Due to its …

Fipronil is a pesticide widely used to control agricultural and household insect pests.
However, fipronil is highly toxic to non-target insects, including pollinators. In this study, we …