1. Limited impacts of truck-based ultra-low-volume applications of mosquito adulticides on mortality in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
- Author
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Robert G. Danka, Bradley K. Fritz, Kristen B. Healy, V. Pokhrel, Frank D. Rinkevich, T.E. Rinderer, Robert L. Aldridge, Joseph W. Margotta, James A. Ottea, Kenneth J. Linthicum, R.H. Vaeth, T.W. Walker, and W.C. Hoffman
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0106 biological sciences ,Insecticides ,Mosquito Control ,030231 tropical medicine ,01 natural sciences ,Toxicology ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pollinator ,Toxicity Tests ,parasitic diseases ,medicine ,Animals ,biology ,Ecology ,fungi ,General Medicine ,Honey bee ,Bees ,biology.organism_classification ,Prallethrin ,Resmethrin ,Culex quinquefasciatus ,Culex ,010602 entomology ,Mosquito control ,chemistry ,Insect Science ,Malathion ,Female ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Permethrin ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Adulticides applied against mosquitoes can reduce vector populations during times of high arbovirus transmission. However, impacts of these insecticides on pollinators and other non-target organisms are of concern to mosquito control professionals, beekeepers and others. We evaluated mortality of Culex quinquefasciatus and Apis mellifera when caged insects were exposed to low and high label rates of four common adulticides (Aqua-Pursuit™ [permethrin], Duet® [prallethrin + sumithrin], Fyfanon® [malathion] and Scourge® [resmethrin]) at six distances up to 91.4 m from a truck-mounted ultra-low-volume sprayer. Honey bee mortality was both absolutely low (61 m had limited impacts on honey bee mortality while providing effective mosquito control.
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- 2017