Science Inventory

Pollinators provide ecological services essential to maintaining our food supply and propagating natural habitats. However, populations are in serious decline due to causative environmental stressors including pesticides, pathogens, poor nutrition, and habitat loss. To better und...

Honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) are one of the most important managed pollinators of agricultural crops. While potential effects of agricultural pesticides on honey bee health have been investigated in some settings, risks to honey bees associated with exposures occurring in the p...

Hummingbirds are charismatic fauna that provide important pollination services, including in the continental US, where 15 species regularly breed. Compared to other birds in North America, hummingbirds (family Trochilidae) have a unique exposure route to pesticides because they f...

 Neonicotinoid insecticides are some of the fastest growing and most commonly used pesticides globally. Imidacloprid (IMI), a primary neonicotinoid, has become a ubiquitous contaminant in surface waters near agricultural areas. IMI is effective in the prevention of insect in...

Bumble bees are important pollinators for both native plants and managed agricultural systems. Accumulating evidence has shown that pesticides, including neonicotinoids, can have a range of adverse effects on bumble bee health. Most laboratory studies that assess the effects of c...

Global regulation of chemicals is shifting away from whole animal toxicity testing for decision-making and exploring the utility of new approach methods (NAMs), which include computational techniques and high-throughput screening methods to understand chemical toxicity. Primarily...

Honey bees are crucial pollinators for agricultural crops but are threatened by a multitude of stressors including exposure to pesticides. Linking our understanding of how pesticides affect individual bees to colony-level responses is challenging because colonies show emergent pr...

The regulatory landscape is shifting away from whole animal testing for decision-making and exploring the utility of new approach methods (NAMs), which include computational techniques to understand chemical toxicity. Primarily these efforts have focused on reducing the use of ve...

Pesticide impacts to colonies of honeybees (Apis mellifera) are of increasing concern due to the importance of honeybees as crop pollinators. Honeybees have a multi-stage life history driven by a complex social system and make use of both fresh and stored food resources. This com...

Pollinators, such as bees, provide an essential function in the environment fertilizing plants including food crops relied upon for livestock and human consumption. Due to an increased awareness of declining pollinator health, there are global efforts to protect pollinators from ...