Abstract
Managed bees and other pollinators are exposed to a wide variety of stressors and these often act in combination. Historically, most risk assessments and research have focused on the impacts of individual stressors on honey bees. However, there is broad scientific consensus that there is a need for a systems-based risk assessment approach and a post-approval monitoring system. This should consider: multiple interacting stressors; a variety of pollinator species (including different subspecies, sexes, castes and life history stages); field studies as well as laboratory studies; and a diversity of end-points (molecular, physiological, behavioural, developmental, reproductive and colony health). The PoshBee project has made a significant step in our understanding of how the interactions between agrochemicals, pathogens and nutrition impact different bee species.
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06 Nov 2023
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Royal Holloway, University of London, London, United Kingdom
WBF-Agroscope: Agroscope, Eidgenössisches Departement für Wirtschaft, Bildung und Forschung, Zurich, Switzerland
Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
University of Mons, Bruxelles, Belgium
University of Udine, Udine, Italy
Halle University, Halle, Germany
Royal Holloway, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Simon Potts
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University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
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PoshBee - Pan-european assessment, monitoring, and mitigation Of Stressors on the Health of BEEs
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