Honey Bees: Estimating the Environmental Impact of Chemicals

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ISBN: 9780415275187 | 0415275180
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Copyright: 2/21/2002

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Honey Bees: Estimating the Environmental Impact of Chemicals is an updated account of the different strategies for assessing the ecotoxicity of xenobiotics against these social insects, which play a key role in both ecology and agriculture. In addition to the classical acute laboratory test, semi-field cage tests and full field funnel tests, new tests based mainly on behavioral responses are for the first time clearly described. Information on the direct and indirect effects on honey bees of radionuclides, heavy metals, pesticides, semi-volatile organic compounds and genetically modified plants is also presented.

List of contributors

Preface

xiii

The ecological importance of honey bees and their relevance to ecotoxicology

(11)

J. Devillers

Summary

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Taxonomical position

(1)

The biological cycle of the honey bee colony

(3)

Sensory organs and communication processes

(1)

Nutrition

(1)

Ecological importance of the honey bee

(1)

The relevance of the honey bee to ecotoxicology

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

References

(2)

Volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds in beehive atmospheres

(30)

G.C. Smith

J.J. Bromenshenk

D.C. Jones

G.H. Alnasser

Summary

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Methods and materials

(2)

Results

(1)

Discussion

(17)

Conclusion

(1)

Acknowledgments

(1)

References

(7)

Risk assessment of plant protection products on honey bees: regulatory aspects

(14)

S. Cluzeau

Summary

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Bees and plant protection products: a difficult interaction

(1)

Plant protection products and regulatory provisions on honey bees and pollinator insects in France

(3)

European regulation to assess risks of plant protection products on bees

(4)

Regulatory situation in the USA

(1)

Conclusion

(2)

References

(2)

Acute toxicity of pesticides to honey bees

(11)

J. Devillers

Summary

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Experimental determination

(1)

Effects on the different members of the colony

(1)

Type of pesticide and formulation

(1)

Relative acute toxicity of pesticides to honey bees based on laboratory and field tests

(1)

Other factors affecting the acute toxicity of pesticides

(4)

Concluding remarks

(1)

References

(3)

The proboscis extension response: assessing the sublethal effects of pesticides on the honey bee

(18)

A. Decourtye

M.H. Pham-Delegue

Summary

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Classical methods of assessing sublethal toxicity in the honey bee

(2)

The conditioning proboscis extension assay

(9)

Conclusion

(2)

References

(4)

Effects of imidacloprid on the neural processes of memory in honey bees

(16)

C. Armengaud

M. Lambin

M. Gauthier

Summary

(1)

Introduction

(2)

Materials and methods

(3)

Results

(8)

Discussion

(1)

References

(2)

Impact of agrochemicals on non-Apis bees

101

(31)

J.N. Tasei

Summary

101

(1)

Introduction

101

(2)

Historical background of pesticide risk assessment on non-Apis bees

103

(2)

Survey of testing methods

105

(7)

Comparative toxicity and hazards of pesticides to non-Apis bees

112

(13)

Conclusion

125

(1)

References

126

(6)

Honey bees as indicators of radionuclide contamination: a truly use ful biomonitor?

132

(19)

T.K. Haarmann

Summary

132

(1)

Introduction

132

(2)

Field experiments

134

(5)

Discussion

139

(9)

Conclusion

148

(1)

References

148

(3)

Cesium-134 and Cesium-137 in French honeys collected after the Chernobyl accident

151

(9)

J. Devillers

N. Ben Ghouma-Tomasella

J.C. Dore

Summary

151

(1)

Introduction

151

(1)

Materials and methods

152

(1)

Results and discussion

153

(4)

Concluding remarks

157

(1)

References

158

(2)

The role of honey bees in environmental monitoring in Croatia

160

(26)

D. Barisic

J.J. Bromenshenk

N. Kezic

A. Vertacnik

Summary

160

(1)

Honey bees in radioactive environmental monitoring

160

(13)

Transfer of radionuclides and selected elements from soils through conifers and into honey

173

(9)

Concluding remarks

182

(1)

Acknowledgment

183

(1)

References

183

(3)

Use of honey bees as bioindicators of environmental pollution in Italy

186

(62)

C. Porrini

S. Ghini

S. Girotti

A.G. Sabatini

E. Gattavecchia

G. Celli

Summary

186

(1)

Introduction

187

(2)

Monitoring of pesticides

189

(26)

Monitoring of heavy metals

215

(9)

Monitoring of radionuclides

224

(9)

Monitoring of Phytopathogenic microorganisms

233

(4)

General conclusions

237

(2)

Acknowledgments

239

(1)

References

239

(9)

Typology of French acacia honeys based on their concentrations in metallic and nonmetallic elements

248

(21)

J. Devillers

J.C. Dore

C. Viel

M. Marenco

F. Poirier-Duchene

N. Galand

M. Subirana

Summary

248

(1)

Introduction

248

(1)

Materials and methods

249

(3)

Analytical results

252

(5)

Multivariate analysis of the honey samples

257

(6)

Discussion

263

(2)

Concluding remarks

265

(1)

Acknowledgment

265

(1)

References

266

(3)

The role of insect-resistant transgenic crops in agriculture

269

(21)

L. Jouanin

A.M.R. Gatehouse

Summary

269

(1)

Introduction

269

(1)

Entomotoxins introduced into plants by recombinant DNA technology

270

(6)

Commercialization and risk assessment of insect-resistant transgenic crops

276

(6)

Conclusion and perspectives

282

(1)

References

282

(8)

Using proteins to assess the potential impacts of genetically modified plants on honey bees

290

(22)

L.A. Malone

M.H. Pham-Delegue

Summary

290

(1)

Introduction

290

(2)

Recent research results

292

(11)

Concluding remarks

303

(1)

Acknowledgments

304

(1)

References

304

(8)

Direct and indirect effects of genetically modified plants on the honey bee

312

(15)

M.H. Pham-Delegue

L. Jouanin

J.C. Sandoz

Summary

312

(1)

Introduction

312

(1)

Honey bee--GM plant interactions

313

(5)

Potential direct effects of GM plants on honey bees

318

(2)

Potential indirect effects of GM plants on honey bees

320

(3)

Conclusion

323

(1)

Acknowledgments

324

(1)

References

324

(3)

Index

327

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