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Connolly CN. The risk of insecticides to pollinating insects. Commun Integr Biol. 2013;6(5):e25074doi: 10.4161/cib.25074.
Connolly, C. N. (2013). The risk of insecticides to pollinating insects. Communicative & integrative biology, 6(5), e25074. https://doi.org/10.4161/cib.25074
Connolly, Christopher N. "The risk of insecticides to pollinating insects." Communicative & integrative biology vol. 6,5 (2013): e25074. doi: https://doi.org/10.4161/cib.25074
Connolly CN. The risk of insecticides to pollinating insects. Commun Integr Biol. 2013 Sep 01;6(5):e25074. doi: 10.4161/cib.25074. Epub 2013 Nov 01. PMID: 24265849; PMCID: PMC3829947.
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Commun Integr Biol. 2013 Sep 01;6(5):e25074. doi: 10.4161/cib.25074. Epub 2013 Nov 01.

The risk of insecticides to pollinating insects.

Communicative & integrative biology

Christopher N Connolly

Affiliations

  1. Division of Neuroscience; Medical Research Institute; University of Dundee; Dundee, Scotland UK.

PMID: 24265849 PMCID: PMC3829947 DOI: 10.4161/cib.25074

Abstract

A key new risk to our pollinators has been identified as exposure to neonicotinoid insecticides. These discoveries have refuelled the debate over whether or not the neonicotinoid insecticides should be banned and conflicting evidence is used in this battle. However, the issue is not black or white, but gray. It is not an issue of whether the neonicotinoids are toxic to insects or not. Clearly, all insecticides were designed and optimized for this attribute. The real question is, or at least should be, which insecticide is the safest for use for a particular need.

Keywords: apis mellifera; mushroom body; neonicotinoid; nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; pollinator

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