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A systematic review on the effects of the insecticide Thiamethoxam and the fungicide Difenoconazole on the health of bees Apis mellifera L
OBSERVATÓRIO DE LA ECONOMÍA LATINOAMERICANA, Vol.23(1), pp.1-25
06/01/2025
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Abstract
Numerous studies show that insecticides and fungicides are harmful to the health of bees, influencing their longevity and colony maintenance. This systematic review aimed to gather scientific articles investigating the effects of the insecticide thiamethoxam (TMX) and the fungicide difenoconazole (DFC) on the organism A. mellifera. We used the Science Direct, Scholar Google, Scopus, Springer Link and Capes Periodic databases, keywords and Boolean operators, obtaining 11 articles that showed the information needed about A. mellifera and TMX or DFC, with routes of contamination by ingestion, contact, contaminated surface or injection. Behavioral, morphological, physiological, genetic and survival effects were evaluated, with commercial products or pure active ingredients, in the field (18%) and laboratory (82%) experiments. The results of most studies suggest that TMX and DFC, in sublethal doses, can affect the health of bees, altering their cognitive system, locomotion, cellular respiration and metabolism, gradually affecting the maintenance of the colony.
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- Title
- A systematic review on the effects of the insecticide Thiamethoxam and the fungicide Difenoconazole on the health of bees Apis mellifera L
- Creators
- Aline Astolfi - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Guilherme Duarte Figueiredo de Souza - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Iloran do Rosário Corrêa Moreira - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Isabella Lippi - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Jaine da Luz Scheffer - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Renato Agostinho Arruda - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Daniel Nicodemo - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Ricardo de Oliveira Orsi - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
- Publication Details
- OBSERVATÓRIO DE LA ECONOMÍA LATINOAMERICANA, Vol.23(1), pp.1-25
- Publisher
- Future Publishers Group Ltda
- Grant note
- This work was supported by the State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) [process 2020/10524-0] and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) [finance code 001].
- Identifiers
- 991013284147902368
- Copyright
- © 2025 OBSERVATÓRIO DE LA ECONOMÍA LATINOAMERICANA
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article