fipronil

A very interesting study of the effects of two pesticides and the synergy or lack thereof with nosema. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3960157/ From the conclusion: Our result showed that N. ceranae-fipronil and N. ceranae-imidacloprid combinations do not systematically lead to a...

Transcriptome Analyses of the Honeybee Response to Nosema ceranae and Insecticides Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are constantly exposed to a wide variety of environmental stressors such as parasites and pesticides. Among them, Nosema ceranae and neurotoxic insecticides might act in combination and...

Exposure to Sublethal Doses of Fipronil and Thiacloprid Highly Increases Mortality of Honeybees Previously Infected by Nosema ceranae After exposure to sublethal doses of fipronil or thiacloprid a higher mortality was observed in N. ceranae-infected honeybees than in uninfected ones...