Honeybees suffer severe learning and memory deficits after ingesting very small doses of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, potentially threatening their success and survival, new research from New Zealand's University of Otago suggests.
In their study, researchers from the Departments of Zoology and Chemistry collected bees from 51 hives across 17 locations in the province of Otago in Southern New Zealand and measured their chlorpyrifos levels. They detected low levels of pesticide in bees at three of the 17 sites and in six of the 51 hives they examined.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/uoo-bd030116.php
Original article: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-016-0672-4
In their study, researchers from the Departments of Zoology and Chemistry collected bees from 51 hives across 17 locations in the province of Otago in Southern New Zealand and measured their chlorpyrifos levels. They detected low levels of pesticide in bees at three of the 17 sites and in six of the 51 hives they examined.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/uoo-bd030116.php
Original article: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-016-0672-4