Pesticide use negatively affects bumble bees across European landscapes. Nicholson, C. C., Knapp, J., Kiljanek, T., Albrecht, M., Chauzat, M., Costa, C., De La Rúa, P., Klein, A., Mänd, M., Potts, S. G., Schweiger, O., Bottero, I., Cini, E., De Miranda, J. R., Di Prisco, G., Dominik, C., Hodge, S., Kaunath, V., Knauer, A., Laurent, M., Martínez-López, V., Medrzycki, P., Pereira-Peixoto, M. H., Raimets, R., Schwarz, J. M., Senapathi, D., Tamburini, G., Brown, M. J. F., Stout, J. C., & Rundlöf, M. Nature, 628(8007):355–358, April, 2024.
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Abstract Sustainable agriculture requires balancing crop yields with the effects of pesticides on non-target organisms, such as bees and other crop pollinators. Field studies demonstrated that agricultural use of neonicotinoid insecticides can negatively affect wild bee species 1,2 , leading to restrictions on these compounds 3 . However, besides neonicotinoids, field-based evidence of the effects of landscape pesticide exposure on wild bees is lacking. Bees encounter many pesticides in agricultural landscapes 4–9 and the effects of this landscape exposure on colony growth and development of any bee species remains unknown. Here we show that the many pesticides found in bumble bee-collected pollen are associated with reduced colony performance during crop bloom, especially in simplified landscapes with intensive agricultural practices. Our results from 316 Bombus terrestris colonies at 106 agricultural sites across eight European countries confirm that the regulatory system fails to sufficiently prevent pesticide-related impacts on non-target organisms, even for a eusocial pollinator species in which colony size may buffer against such impacts 10,11 . These findings support the need for postapproval monitoring of both pesticide exposure and effects to confirm that the regulatory process is sufficiently protective in limiting the collateral environmental damage of agricultural pesticide use.
@article{nicholson_pesticide_2024,
	title = {Pesticide use negatively affects bumble bees across {European} landscapes},
	volume = {628},
	issn = {0028-0836, 1476-4687},
	url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06773-3},
	doi = {10.1038/s41586-023-06773-3},
	abstract = {Abstract
            
              Sustainable agriculture requires balancing crop yields with the effects of pesticides on non-target organisms, such as bees and other crop pollinators. Field studies demonstrated that agricultural use of neonicotinoid insecticides can negatively affect wild bee species
              1,2
              , leading to restrictions on these compounds
              3
              . However, besides neonicotinoids, field-based evidence of the effects of landscape pesticide exposure on wild bees is lacking. Bees encounter many pesticides in agricultural landscapes
              4–9
              and the effects of this landscape exposure on colony growth and development of any bee species remains unknown. Here we show that the many pesticides found in bumble bee-collected pollen are associated with reduced colony performance during crop bloom, especially in simplified landscapes with intensive agricultural practices. Our results from 316
              Bombus terrestris
              colonies at 106 agricultural sites across eight European countries confirm that the regulatory system fails to sufficiently prevent pesticide-related impacts on non-target organisms, even for a eusocial pollinator species in which colony size may buffer against such impacts
              10,11
              . These findings support the need for postapproval monitoring of both pesticide exposure and effects to confirm that the regulatory process is sufficiently protective in limiting the collateral environmental damage of agricultural pesticide use.},
	language = {en},
	number = {8007},
	urldate = {2024-11-15},
	journal = {Nature},
	author = {Nicholson, Charlie C. and Knapp, Jessica and Kiljanek, Tomasz and Albrecht, Matthias and Chauzat, Marie-Pierre and Costa, Cecilia and De La Rúa, Pilar and Klein, Alexandra-Maria and Mänd, Marika and Potts, Simon G. and Schweiger, Oliver and Bottero, Irene and Cini, Elena and De Miranda, Joachim R. and Di Prisco, Gennaro and Dominik, Christophe and Hodge, Simon and Kaunath, Vera and Knauer, Anina and Laurent, Marion and Martínez-López, Vicente and Medrzycki, Piotr and Pereira-Peixoto, Maria Helena and Raimets, Risto and Schwarz, Janine M. and Senapathi, Deepa and Tamburini, Giovanni and Brown, Mark J. F. and Stout, Jane C. and Rundlöf, Maj},
	month = apr,
	year = {2024},
	pages = {355--358},
}
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