Environmental Sources of Possible Associated Pathogens and Contaminants of Stingless Bees in the Neotropics
Insects,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
16(4), С. 350 - 350
Опубликована: Март 27, 2025
Stingless
bees
are
crucial
for
pollination
and
support
diverse
ecological
relationships,
offering
economic
benefits
contributing
to
enhanced
crop
yields.
Their
tropical
pollinator
status
makes
them
highly
sensitive
environmental
changes
disruptions,
which
could
affect
their
survival,
as
well
pathogens
that
threaten
health.
The
lack
of
comprehensive
research
the
scattering
reports
make
it
difficult
identify
contaminants.
This
review
aims
provide
an
overview
diseases
in
stingless
bees,
examine
chemical
contaminants
products,
explore
threatened
sources.
Using
PRISMA
flowchart,
a
total
30
articles
from
2009
2024
concerning
were
retrieved.
A
15
26
pollutants
life
expectancy
survival
rate
(mainly
genera
Melipona
Tetragonisca)
identified
five
major
areas
Neotropics,
including
Brazil,
Mexico,
Costa
Rica,
Australia,
Asia.
Studies
indicated
bacterial
Pseudomonas,
Melissococcus,
Lysinibacillus
affecting
particularly
brood,
annual
colony
deaths.
Heavy
metals,
polycyclic
aromatic
hydrocarbons
(PAHs),
microplastics
have
been
detected
by-products
especially
honey.
Epidemiological
is
crucial,
studies
on
associated
with
diseases,
effects
development
quality
guidelines
stingless-bee
products.
Язык: Английский
Pesticide Risk Assessment in a Changing World
Global Change Biology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
31(4)
Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025
ABSTRACT
Pesticide
risk
assessments
currently
rely
on
surrogate
species
and
focus
primarily
acute
lethality
metrics,
failing
to
capture
the
broader
impacts
non‐target
organisms
thus
biodiversity.
Under
directives
of
regulatory
agencies
worldwide,
this
traditional
approach
overlooks
complex
interactions
between
multiple
stressors,
including
climate
change,
land‐use
shifts,
pesticide
transformation
products.
must
therefore
undergo
a
paradigm
shift
account
for
these
interactions,
which
disproportionately
affect
insect
pollinators,
other
species,
biodiversity
at
large.
While
prior
work
has
highlighted
need
move
beyond
single‐species
models,
emerging
evidence
nonlinear
stressor
ecological
consequences
products
highlight
critical
gaps
in
current
frameworks.
Here,
we
synthesize
insights
from
recent
research
propose
holistic
environmental
that
integrates
evolutionary
complexities
context
global
change.
Язык: Английский