Are bee diseases linked to pesticides?—A brief review

F Sánchez-Bayo, D Goulson, F Pennacchio… - Environment …, 2016 - Elsevier
The negative impacts of pesticides, in particular insecticides, on bees and other pollinators
have never been disputed. Insecticides can directly kill these vital insects, whereas …

An update of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) on systemic insecticides. Part 2: impacts on organisms and ecosystems

L Pisa, D Goulson, EC Yang, D Gibbons… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
New information on the lethal and sublethal effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on
organisms is presented in this review, complementing the previous Worldwide Integrated …

Environmental risks and challenges associated with neonicotinoid insecticides

ML Hladik, AR Main, D Goulson - 2018 - ACS Publications
Neonicotinoid use has increased rapidly in recent years, with a global shift toward
insecticide applications as seed coatings rather than aerial spraying. While the use of seed …

Country-specific effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on honey bees and wild bees

BA Woodcock, JM Bullock, RF Shore, MS Heard… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Neonicotinoid seed dressings have caused concern world-wide. We use large field
experiments to assess the effects of neonicotinoid-treated crops on three bee species across …

Impacts of neonicotinoid use on long-term population changes in wild bees in England

BA Woodcock, NJB Isaac, JM Bullock, DB Roy… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Wild bee declines have been ascribed in part to neonicotinoid insecticides. While short-term
laboratory studies on commercially bred species (principally honeybees and bumblebees) …

Is the future of agriculture perennial? Imperatives and opportunities to reinvent agriculture by shifting from annual monocultures to perennial polycultures

TE Crews, W Carton, L Olsson - Global Sustainability, 2018 - cambridge.org
Non-technical summaryModern agriculture is associated with numerous environmental
predicaments, such as land degradation, water pollution, and greenhouse gas emission …

Pesticides and pollinators: A socioecological synthesis

DB Sponsler, CM Grozinger, C Hitaj, M Rundlöf… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The relationship between pesticides and pollinators, while attracting no shortage of attention
from scientists, regulators, and the public, has proven resistant to scientific synthesis and …

A restatement of recent advances in the natural science evidence base concerning neonicotinoid insecticides and insect pollinators

HCJ Godfray, T Blacquiere, LM Field… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A summary is provided of recent advances in the natural science evidence base concerning
the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on insect pollinators in a format (a 'restatement') …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling seasonal effects of temperature and precipitation on honey bee winter mortality in a temperate climate

M Switanek, K Crailsheim, H Truhetz… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Insect pollinators are essential to global food production. For this reason, it is alarming that
honey bee (Apis mellifera) populations across the world have recently seen increased rates …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities to enhance pollinator biodiversity in solar parks

H Blaydes, SG Potts, JD Whyatt, A Armstrong - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Renewable power capacity is increasing globally in response to energy decarbonisation,
with solar photovoltaic (PV) projected to be the dominant renewable. A significant proportion …