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Evaluation of Toxicity of Pesticides against Honeybee (Apis mellitera) and Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)  

Ahn, Ki-Su (Chungbuk Provincial ARES)
Oh, Mann-Gyun (Dept. Plant Medicine, Coll. of Agri. Life and Environment Science, Chungbuk National University)
Ahn, Hee-Geun (Dept. Plant Medicine, Coll. of Agri. Life and Environment Science, Chungbuk National University)
Yoon, Chang-Mann (Dept. Plant Medicine, Coll. of Agri. Life and Environment Science, Chungbuk National University)
Kim, Gil-Hah (Dept. Plant Medicine, Coll. of Agri. Life and Environment Science, Chungbuk National University)
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The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science / v.12, no.4, 2008 , pp. 382-390 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was performed to evaluate the acute toxicity and residual toxicity of the 69 kinds of agrochemicals (41 insecticides, 18 fungicides, and 10 acaricides) against honeybee, Apis mellifera and bumblebee, Bombus terrestris. According to the IOBC standard, the toxicity showed below 30% was classified as non-toxic. Among 41 insecticides, five insecticides (acetamiprid, chlorfenapyr, thiacloprid, milbemectin, and buprofezin+amitraz) against the honeybee; eight insecticides (methomyl, thiodicarb, acetamiprid, chlorfenapyr, thiacloprid, abamectin, spino sad, buprofezin+amitraz) against the bumblebee did not show any toxic effect. Therefore, it thought to being safe. Other 18 fungicides and 10 acaricides were safe against the honeybee and bumblebee. In residual toxicity against the honeybee, eight insecticides (dichlorvos, methomyl, imidachlorprid, emamectin benzoate, spinosad, cartap hydrochloride, chlorfenapyr, and endosulfan) among 41 insecticides tested were safe at three days after treatment; however, sixteen insecticides (dimethoate, fenitrothion, fenthion, methidathion, phenthoate, pyraclofos, fenpropathrin, clothianidin, dinotefuran, thiamethoxam, abamectin, acetamiprid+ethofenprox, acetamiprid+indoxacarb, bifenthrin+imidacloprid, ethofenprox+phenthoate, imidacloprid+methiocarb) still remain high toxicity at eleven days after treatment. Against the bumblebee, residual toxicity showed as safe in seven insecticides (dimethoate, methidation, a-cypermethion, ethofenprox, indoxcarb, chlorpyrifos+a-cypennethrin, esfenvalerate+fenitrochion) at three days after treatment; however, eight insecticides (fenitrothion, pyraclofos, clothianidin, fipronil, acetamiprid+ethofenprox, chlorpyrifos+bifenthrin, ethofenprox+phenthoate, imidacloprid+methiocarb) still showed high toxicity at seven days after treatment. From above results, it will be useful information to select insecticides being safe and effective against the honeybee and bumblebee.
Keywords
Apis mellifera; Bombus terrestris; Insecticide; Fungicide; Acaricide; Acute toxicity; Residual toxicity;
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