Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 5, 2026
08:49
Assessing Agrochemical Risk to Mated Honey Bee Queens
Published on: March 3, 2021
Ecology: Honeybee queens offload pesticides to their eggs
1School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.
Current Biology : CB
|August 3, 2026
Abstract:
Honeybees are eusocial, making queen health critical for colony development. Honeybee colonies are frequently exposed to pesticides. New research shows that queens can protect themselves from pesticides by transferring these toxins to their eggs when worker-mediated social buffering is overwhelmed.
