THE INFLUENCE OF SOME INSECTICIDES ON THE ABUNDANCE AND FORAGING ACTIVATES ACTIVITIES OF BROAD BEAN BEE POLLINATORS IN EGYPT, A CASE STUDY

Year 2022, Volume: 22 Issue: 2, 118 - 129, 13.11.2022

Doaa H. El-naggar Shebl Mohamed A. , Mohamed T. Ahmed Mohamed A. Osman

https://doi.org/10.31467/uluaricilik.1085773

Abstract

Insect pollinators provide many essential ecosystem services including pollination, and many others. However, pollinating insects are currently facing potential threats on an unprecedented scale with many species facing decline. Honeybee Apis mellifera comprise nearly 68% of those affected insect pollinators. Irrational Insecticides application, with special reference to neonicotinoides group is one of the main causes of this decline. The main objective of the current study is to investigate the impact of some insecticides application on the activity of broad bean flower-visiting bees. Tested inseticides were thiamethoxam, acetamiprid, thiacloprid (neonicotinoids), spinosyns A and D, beside some organophosphates. Changes in the daily activity of bees visiting broad bean flowers following insecticide application was recorded and compared to their activity before application, throughout until the end of blooming season.

Keywords

Bee Decline, Colony Loss, Foraging, Neonicotinoides, Pollination, Arı azalması, Koloni Kaybı, Tarlacılık, Neonicotinoides, Tozlaşma

Mısır'daki Bakla Arı Tozlayıcılarının Bolluğu ve Yiyecek Arama Faaliyetleri Üzerine Bazı İnsektisitlerin Etkisi: Bir Vaka Çalışması

Abstract

Böcek tozlayıcıları, tozlaşma ve diğerleri dahil olmak üzere birçok temel ekosistem hizmeti sağlar. Bununla birlikte, tozlaşan böcekler şu anda birçok türün düşüşle karşı karşıya kalmasıyla eşi görülmemiş bir ölçekte potansiyel tehditlerle karşı karşıya. Bal arısı Apis mellifera, etkilenen böcek tozlaştırıcılarının yaklaşık %68'ini oluşturur. Neonicotinoides grubuna özel atıfta bulunulan irrasyonel İnsektisit uygulaması bu düşüşün ana nedenlerinden biridir. Mevcut çalışmanın temel amacı, bazı insektisit uygulamalarının bakla çiçeğini ziyaret eden arıların aktivitesi üzerindeki etkisini araştırmaktır. Test edilen insektisitler, bazı organofosfatların yanında tiyametoksam, asetamiprid, tiakloprid (neonikotinoidler), spinosinler A ve D. Bakla çiçeklerini insektisit uygulaması sonrasında ziyaret eden arıların günlük aktivitelerinde meydana gelen değişimler kayıt altına alınmış ve çiçeklenme döneminin sonuna kadar uygulama öncesindeki aktiviteleri ile karşılaştırılmıştır.

Keywords

Arı azalması, Koloni Kaybı, Tarlacılık, Neonicotinoides, Tozlaşma

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