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A common neonicotinoid pesticide, thiamethoxam, alters honey bee activity, motor functions, and movement to light

Honey bees provide key ecosystem services. To pollinate and to sustain the colony, workers must walk, climb, and use phototaxis as they move inside and outside the nest. Phototaxis, orientation to light, is linked to sucrose responsiveness and the transition of work from inside to outside the nest,...

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Autores principales: Tosi, S., Nieh, J. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5680225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29123189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15308-6