Survival and Flight Capacity of Apis mellifera after Contact with Residues of Spiromesifen on Melon Leaves
Balancing the application of insecticides with the preservation of bees in agricultural areas poses a significant challenge to farmers. Therefore, this study aims to assess the survival and flight capacity of Apis mellifera (L.) bees after contact with residues of the insecticide/acaricide Spiromes...
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Balancing the application of insecticides with the preservation of bees in agricultural areas poses a significant challenge to farmers. Therefore, this study aims to assess the survival and flight capacity of Apis mellifera (L.) bees after contact with residues of the insecticide/acaricide Spiromesifen on melon leaves. The experiment occurred under laboratory conditions, in a completely randomized design and a 4x3 factorial scheme, with two doses of Spiromesifen (0.24 and 0.288 g a.i./L), a positive control (Thiamethoxam), and an absolute control (distilled water), at three exposure times: 1, 2, and 3 hours after treatment application. Spiromesifen caused mortality of 15.33% and 13.80% after 1 hour of spraying, 20.05% and 17.72% after 2 hours of spraying, and 21.52% and 14.33% after 3 hours of spraying, for lower and higher doses, respectively. Spiromesifen provided a median lethal time of 112.9 hours, regardless of dose and exposure time. After exposure to the lower dose of Spiromesifen at 1, 2, and 3 hours after spraying, 28.41%, 8.0%, and 17.0% of the bees were able to fly, respectively, while at the higher dose, 33.55% and 8.11% were able to fly after 1 and 2 hours of spraying. Bees exposed after 3 hours of spraying at the higher dose showed a flight activity similar to the absolute control. Contact with Spiromesifen residues on melon leaves was slightly lethal to the honey bee A. mellifera, but it reduced the flight capacity of surviving bees after exposure.
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| spelling | doaj-art-076aef81b98342bc8c3a3400a7fac6f72025-02-03T11:47:58ZengUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaSociobiology0361-65252447-80672024-11-0171410.13102/sociobiology.v71i4.10753Survival and Flight Capacity of Apis mellifera after Contact with Residues of Spiromesifen on Melon LeavesAlesia Alves de Souza0Emanoely Karoliny Santos da Silva1Ewerton Marinho da Costa2Tiago Augusto Lima Cardoso3Jacquelinne Alves de Medeiros Araújo Costa4Daiane Mirian Tomaz da Silva5Ancélio Ricardo de Oliveira Gondim6Programa de Pós-Graduação em Horticultura Tropical, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campus Pombal-PB, BrazilPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Horticultura Tropical, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campus Pombal-PB, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campus Pombal-PB, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campus Pombal-PB, BrazilUniversidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Mossoró-RN, BrazilPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Horticultura Tropical, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campus Pombal-PB, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campus Pombal-PB, Brazil Balancing the application of insecticides with the preservation of bees in agricultural areas poses a significant challenge to farmers. Therefore, this study aims to assess the survival and flight capacity of Apis mellifera (L.) bees after contact with residues of the insecticide/acaricide Spiromesifen on melon leaves. The experiment occurred under laboratory conditions, in a completely randomized design and a 4x3 factorial scheme, with two doses of Spiromesifen (0.24 and 0.288 g a.i./L), a positive control (Thiamethoxam), and an absolute control (distilled water), at three exposure times: 1, 2, and 3 hours after treatment application. Spiromesifen caused mortality of 15.33% and 13.80% after 1 hour of spraying, 20.05% and 17.72% after 2 hours of spraying, and 21.52% and 14.33% after 3 hours of spraying, for lower and higher doses, respectively. Spiromesifen provided a median lethal time of 112.9 hours, regardless of dose and exposure time. After exposure to the lower dose of Spiromesifen at 1, 2, and 3 hours after spraying, 28.41%, 8.0%, and 17.0% of the bees were able to fly, respectively, while at the higher dose, 33.55% and 8.11% were able to fly after 1 and 2 hours of spraying. Bees exposed after 3 hours of spraying at the higher dose showed a flight activity similar to the absolute control. Contact with Spiromesifen residues on melon leaves was slightly lethal to the honey bee A. mellifera, but it reduced the flight capacity of surviving bees after exposure. https://ojs3.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/10753BeeAcaricideInsecticidePollinatorsToxicity |
| spellingShingle | Alesia Alves de Souza Emanoely Karoliny Santos da Silva Ewerton Marinho da Costa Tiago Augusto Lima Cardoso Jacquelinne Alves de Medeiros Araújo Costa Daiane Mirian Tomaz da Silva Ancélio Ricardo de Oliveira Gondim Survival and Flight Capacity of Apis mellifera after Contact with Residues of Spiromesifen on Melon Leaves Sociobiology Bee Acaricide Insecticide Pollinators Toxicity |
| title | Survival and Flight Capacity of Apis mellifera after Contact with Residues of Spiromesifen on Melon Leaves |
| title_full | Survival and Flight Capacity of Apis mellifera after Contact with Residues of Spiromesifen on Melon Leaves |
| title_fullStr | Survival and Flight Capacity of Apis mellifera after Contact with Residues of Spiromesifen on Melon Leaves |
| title_full_unstemmed | Survival and Flight Capacity of Apis mellifera after Contact with Residues of Spiromesifen on Melon Leaves |
| title_short | Survival and Flight Capacity of Apis mellifera after Contact with Residues of Spiromesifen on Melon Leaves |
| title_sort | survival and flight capacity of apis mellifera after contact with residues of spiromesifen on melon leaves |
| topic | Bee Acaricide Insecticide Pollinators Toxicity |
| url | https://ojs3.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/10753 |
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