Hazards of pesticides to bees : 10th Int. Symp. of the ICP-BR Bee Protection Group, Bucharest (Romania), Oct 8-10, 2008

Content

• Foreword

  p. 4

  Kevan, Peter G.

• Introduction to the symposium

  p. 8

  Oomen, Pieter A.

• The assessment of pesticide risk to bees: the work of the ICPBR ‘Bee Protection Group’

  p. 11

  Lewis, Gavin

• Guidance for the assessment of risks to bees from the use of plant protection products applied as seed coating and soil applications – conclusions of the ICPBR dedicated working group

  p. 15

  Alix, Anne; Chauzat, Marie P.; Duchard, Sophie; Lewis, Gavin; Maus, Christian; Miles, Mark J.; Pilling, Ed; Thompson, Helen M.; Wallner, Klaus

• Environmental risk assessment scheme for plant protection products - Chapter 10: Honeybees – Proposed scheme

  p. 27

  Alix, Anne; Chauzat, Marie P.; Duchard, Sophie; Lewis, Gavin; Maus, Christian; Miles, Mark J.; Pilling, Ed; Thompson, Helen M.; Wallner, Klaus

• Proposed revision of the higher tier testing requirements for EPPO Standard PP1/170: Test methods for evaluating the side-effects of plant protection products on honeybees

  p. 34

  Lewis, Gavin; Coulson, Mike; Vergnet, Christine; Maus, Christian; Thompson, Helen M.; Becker, Roland; Rogers, Dick; Tornier, Ingo

• Proposal of the ICPBR Bee Brood Group for testing and assessing potential side effects from the use of plant protection products on honey bee brood

  p. 43

  Becker, Roland; Vergnet, Christine; Maus, Christian; Pistorius, Jens; Tornier, Ingo; Wilkins, Selwyn

• France’s proposal for Guidelines about setting Maximum Residue Limits in honey

  p. 45

  Carpentier, Patrice; Chapel, Anne Marie; Chauzat, Marie Pierre; Declerq, Bernard; Delorme, Robert; Decourtye, Axel; Faure, Alexia; Giffard, Hervé; Heraud, Fanny; Laville, Jerôme; Martel, Anne Claire; Milhaud, Guy; Truchot, Eric; Venant, Annick; Vergnet, Claude

• Plenary discussion on revision of the EPPO guidelines/risk assessment scheme

  p. 50

  Thompson, Helen M.

• Systemic plant protection substances and products: how to assess the risk for bees? A beekeepers point of view

  p. 55

  Bruneau, Etienne; Kievits, Janine; Lortsch, José-Anne; Szöke, Szaniszlo

• Risk Assessment of Pesticides and the role of EFSA

  p. 55

  Nienstedt, Karin M.

• The impact of different concentrations of a pyrethroid insecticide on the cyclic gas exchange cycles on bumble bees

  p. 66

  Karise, R.; Kuusik, A.; Mänd, M.; Metspalu, L.; Hiiesaar, K.; Luik, A.

• Evaluation of side effects of commercial biological pesticides on the beneficial insect, Bombus terrestris

  p. 67

  Mommaerts, Veerle; Sterk, Guido; Smagghe, Guy

• A monitoring study confirming the safe use of DuPont Steward insecticide (a.s. indoxacarb) for natural bumblebee populations in flowering apple orchards and recommendations for the use of commercial bumble bee hives in flowering apple and pear orchards treated with Steward

  p. 67

  Steen, Jozef J. M. van der; Dinter, Axel

• Side effects of commercial Bacillus thuringiensis insecticides on micro-colonies of Bombus terrestris

  p. 68

  Mommaerts, Veerle; Sterk, Guido; Smagghe, Guy

• Influence of the brood rearing temperature on honey bee development and susceptibility to intoxication by pesticides

  p. 69

  Medrzycki, Piotr; Sgolastra, Fabio; Bortolotti, Laura; Tosi, Simone; Bogo, Gherardo; Padovani, Erica; Porrini, Claudio; Sabatini, Anna Gloria

• Can pesticide acute toxicity for bumblebees be derived from honeybee LD50 values?

  p. 69

  Steen, J. van der; Bortolotti, L.; Chauzat, M. P.

• Field testing methodology for investigating the effect of systemic insecticides on honey bees

  p. 70

  Tornier, I.; Coulson, M.; Hecht-Rost, S.; Ruddle, N.

• Behavior of honey bees; a guideline to assess troubles in bee foraging activity under insect-proof tunnels

  p. 71

  Giffard, Hervé; Mamet, Olivier

• A methodology to assess the impact on bees of dust from coated seeds

  p. 73

  Giffard, Hervé; Dupont, Thierry

• Sublethal effects of fipronil on the ability of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) to orientate in a complex maze

  p. 75

  Decourtye, Axel; Lefort, Samuel; Devillers, James; Gauthier, Monique; Aupinel, Pierrick; Tisseur, Michel

• Chlorantraniliprole (Rynaxypyr): A novel DuPont™ insecticide with low toxicity and low risk for honey bees (Apis mellifera) and bumble bees (Bombus terrestris) providing excellent tools for uses in integrated pest management

  p. 84

  Dinter, Axel; Brugger, Kristin E.; Frost, Niels-Martin; Woodward, Michael D.

• Honey bee brood ring-test: method for testing pesticide toxicity on honeybee brood in laboratory conditions

  p. 96

  Aupinel, Pierrick; Fortini, Dominique; Michaud, Bruno; Medrzycki, Piotr; Padovani, Erica; Maus, Christian; Charriere, Jean-Daniel; Kilchenmann, Verena; Riessberger-Galle, Ulrike; Vollmann, Jutta Juliane; Jeker, Lukas; Janke, Martina; Odoux, Jean-François; Tasei, Jean-Noël

• Comparison of two methods to assess effects of insecticides on hypopharyngeal gland development of honey bee

  p. 102

  Fortini, Dominique; Michaud, Bruno; Aupinel, Pierrick

• Review of honeybee pesticide poisoning incidents in Europe – evaluation of the hazard quotient approach for risk assessment

  p. 103

  Thompson, Helen M.; Thorbahn, David

• Periodical honey bee colony losses in Germany: preliminary results from a four years monitoring project

  p. 108

  Janke, Martina; Rosenkranz, Peter

• Bee poisoning incidents in Germany in spring 2008 caused by abrasion of active substance from treated seeds during sowing of maize

  p. 118

  Pistorius, Jens; Bischoff, Gabriela; Heimbach, Udo; Stähler, Matthias

• Bee poisoning caused by insecticidal seed treatment of maize in Germany in 2008

  p. 126

  Forster, Rolf

• Risks to bees from dusts emitted at sowing of coated seeds: concerns, risk assessment and risk management

  p. 131

  Alix, A.; Vergnet, C.; Mercier, T.

• An effective risk management approach to prevent bee damage due to the emission of abraded seed treatment particles during sowing of seeds treated with bee toxic insecticides

  p. 132

  Nikolakis, Alexander; Chapple, Andrew; Friessleben, Reinhard; Neumann, Paul; Schad, Thorsten; Schmuck, Richard; Schnier, Heinz-Friedrich; Schnorbach, Hans-Jürgen; Schöning, Ralf; Maus, Christian

• Spring honey bee losses in Italy

  p. 148

  Bortolotti , Laura; Sabatini , Anna Gloria; Mutinelli, Franco; Astuti, Mario; Lavazza, Antonio; Piro, Roberto; Tesoriero, Donato; Medrzycki, Piotr; Sgolastra, Fabio; Porrini, Claudio

• Sprayed and seed dressed pesticides in pollen, nectar and honey of oilseed rape

  p. 152

  Wallner, Klaus

• Colony losses – interactions of plant protection products and other factors

  p. 153

  Wehling, Martina; Ohe, Werner von der; Brasse Dietrich; Forster, Rolf