{"id":26734,"date":"2020-04-09T00:01:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T04:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=26734"},"modified":"2020-04-22T11:01:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T15:01:46","slug":"honey-bee-queens-exposure-to-pesticides-weaken-reproductive-success-and-colony-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2020\/04\/honey-bee-queens-exposure-to-pesticides-weaken-reproductive-success-and-colony-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Honey Bee Queens’ Exposure to Pesticides Weaken Reproductive Success and Colony Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\"(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, April 9, 2020) Honey bees (Apis mellifera<\/em>) remain in severe decline, with U.S. beekeepers losing 30% of their managed colonies each year<\/a>. A\u00a0Texas A&M University (Dr. Juliana Rangel\u2019s laboratory)\u00a0<\/a> study provides evidence that chemical-intensive farming practices contaminate honey bee hives with pesticides that cause developmental delays. Researchers found that toxic pesticides adversely affect honey bee queen physiology and worker bee performance. Moreover, pesticides exacerbate the health risks<\/a> associated with the declining honey bee population. When maturing honey bees’ exposure to pesticides is limited, there is an improvement in honey bee queen health and colony behavior.<\/p>\n

In agricultural settings, honey bees are exposed to an amalgamation of pesticides. AAFC and Texas A&M researchers determined which pesticides (miticides, insecticides, and fungicides) are commonly used in combination and then used those pesticide combinations to expose honey bees to field-realistic doses in the lab: tau-fluvalinate<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0coumaphos<\/a>,\u00a0amitraz<\/a>, or\u00a0chlorothalonil<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0chlorpyrifos<\/a>. Researchers cultivated maturing honey bee queens in plastic cups coated with either pesticide-free or pesticide-contaminated beeswax. Honey bee queens were transferred into hives upon maturation and bred naturally. Researchers measured their egg-laying frequency along with worker bee entourage size. Post-reproduction, scientists performed a bioassay (a measurement of substance potency or concentration effects on living cells) on the honey bee queens to examine the chemical components of the mandibular (salivary) glands.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pesticide-contaminated beeswax impaired honey bee colonies during the queens\u2019 maturation. This led to reproductive dysfunction that significantly decreased worker bees\u2019 entourage size and the queens\u2019 egg-laying rate. Worker bee performance decreased in response to the queen\u2019s change in pheromone secretions and reproductive ability. Worker bees favored queens raised in pesticide-free conditions and formed larger cohorts to tend to the queen. Co-author Elizabeth Walsh, Ph.D., and researchers at Texas A&M state, \u201cThese results indicate that pesticide contamination of the queen-rearing wax directly affects queen physiology and behavior and further affirm that queen mandibular pheromones seem to act as honest indicators to workers of a queen\u2019s reproductive capacity and overall health.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The health of an adult queen can be significantly altered by pesticide exposure during developmental stages. Adverse effects on a queen act as an indicator of the overall fitness of a colony.\u00a0Much research<\/a> on honey bee health focuses on the specific class of neonicotinoid<\/a> (neonic) insecticides and its associations with diminished grooming and health. Exposure to neonics has been linked to the decline of pollinators worldwide. Not only do these chemicals weaken worker bee flight behavior directly, but also indirectly impacts worker bee performance. This research broadens the understanding of the range of pesticides that can harm honey bees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pesticides intensify honey bees\u2019 vulnerability to health risks (such as pathogens and parasites), and colony collapse as pesticide-contaminated conditions limit colony productivity, growth, and survival<\/a>. As has been widely reported, pollinators<\/a> (such as bee, monarch butterflies, and bats) are a bellwether for environmental stress as individuals and as colonies. To help pollinators by eliminating pollinator-toxic pesticides, support and adopt organic land management<\/a>, The BEE Protective Campaign<\/a> strives to protect honey bees and other pollinators from pesticides. Learn more about bee pollinator decline,<\/a>\u00a0pesticide-free zones<\/a>,\u00a0bee-friendly habitats<\/a>, and what\u00a0you<\/a>, or\u00a0your state representative<\/a>, can do to\u00a0protect our pollinators<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0Springer Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Beyond Pesticides, April 9, 2020) Honey bees (Apis mellifera) remain in severe decline, with U.S. beekeepers losing 30% of their managed colonies each year. A\u00a0Texas A&M University (Dr. Juliana Rangel\u2019s laboratory)\u00a0 study provides evidence that chemical-intensive farming practices contaminate honey bee hives with pesticides that cause developmental delays. Researchers found that toxic pesticides adversely affect honey bee queen physiology and worker bee performance. Moreover, pesticides exacerbate the health risks associated with the declining honey bee population. When maturing honey bees’ exposure to pesticides is limited, there is an improvement in honey bee queen health and colony behavior. In agricultural settings, honey bees are exposed to an amalgamation of pesticides. AAFC and Texas A&M researchers determined which pesticides (miticides, insecticides, and fungicides) are commonly used in combination and then used those pesticide combinations to expose honey bees to field-realistic doses in the lab: tau-fluvalinate\u00a0and\u00a0coumaphos,\u00a0amitraz, or\u00a0chlorothalonil\u00a0and\u00a0chlorpyrifos. Researchers cultivated maturing honey bee queens in plastic cups coated with either pesticide-free or pesticide-contaminated beeswax. Honey bee queens were transferred into hives upon maturation and bred naturally. Researchers measured their egg-laying frequency along with worker bee entourage size. Post-reproduction, scientists performed a bioassay (a measurement of substance potency or concentration effects on living cells) on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,33,104,85,331,347,328,93,275,421],"tags":[444,443,442,445],"class_list":["post-26734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chlorothalonil","category-chlorpyrifos","category-coumaphos","category-endocrine-disruption","category-fluvalinate-chemicals","category-increased-vulnerability-to-diseases-from-chemical-exposure","category-neonicotinoids","category-pollinators","category-reproductive-health","category-synergistic-effects","tag-endocrine-disruption","tag-honeybee","tag-pollinators","tag-reproductive-dysfunction"],"yoast_head":"\nHoney Bee Queens' Exposure to Pesticides Weaken Reproductive Success and Colony Development - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2020\/04\/honey-bee-queens-exposure-to-pesticides-weaken-reproductive-success-and-colony-development\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Honey Bee Queens' Exposure to Pesticides Weaken Reproductive Success and Colony Development - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(Beyond Pesticides, April 9, 2020) Honey bees (Apis mellifera) remain in severe decline, with U.S. beekeepers losing 30% of their managed colonies each year. 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