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Risk Assessment of Fipronil on Honeybee (Apis mellifera)  

Kim, Byung-Seok (Department of Crop Life Safety, National Academy of Agricultural Science(NAAS), Rural Development Administration(RDA))
Yang, Yu-Jung (Department of Crop Life Safety, National Academy of Agricultural Science(NAAS), Rural Development Administration(RDA))
Park, Yeon-Ki (Department of Crop Life Safety, National Academy of Agricultural Science(NAAS), Rural Development Administration(RDA))
Jeong, Mi-Hye (Department of Crop Life Safety, National Academy of Agricultural Science(NAAS), Rural Development Administration(RDA))
You, Are-Sun (Department of Crop Life Safety, National Academy of Agricultural Science(NAAS), Rural Development Administration(RDA))
Park, Kyung-Hun (Department of Crop Life Safety, National Academy of Agricultural Science(NAAS), Rural Development Administration(RDA))
Ahn, Young-Joon (School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University)
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The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science / v.13, no.1, 2009 , pp. 39-44 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate the actual risk of fipronil on worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) through acute contact toxicity test, acute oral toxicity test, toxicity of residues on foliage test, and small scale field test. The $48h-LD_{50s}$ of fipronil SC on honeybee were $0.005{\mu}g$ a.i./bee in acute contact toxicity test and $0.004{\mu}g$ a.i./bee in acute oral toxicity test, respectively. In toxicity of residues on foliage test, fipronil showed over 90% of mortality during 28days after treatment at recommended application rate. The $DT_{50}$ of dislodgeable foliar residue was 9 days. Finally, In small scale field test, fipronil showed similar toxicity in the residues on foliage test. It was concluded that fipronil has very high acute toxicity and long residual toxicity to honeybee. Therefore, fipronil is highly toxic to bees exposed to direct treatment or residues on blooming crops or weeds. Do not apply this product or allow it to drift to blooming crops or weeds if bees are visiting the treatment area. To protect honeybee and wild pollinators from outdoor use of fipronil, ultimately it should need to limit for only indoor use to prevent pollinators from unintentionally exposure of fipronil.
Keywords
fipronil; honeybee; acute toxicity; residue on foliage; field study;
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