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2. Pesticide toxicity to bees - Wikipedia

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   Pesticides vary in their effects on bees. Contact pesticides are usually sprayed on plants and can kill bees when they crawl over sprayed surfaces of plants or other areas around it. Systemic pesticides, on the other hand, are usually incorporated into the soil or onto seeds and move up into the stem, leaves, nectar, and pollen of plants. [1] [2]

3. DIY Organic Pesticides to Make at Home - AOL

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   Soap Spray. A mixture of mild liquid (or dish) soap mixed with water creates a simple yet powerful organic pest control that works by suffocating soft-bodied pests like aphids, whiteflies, and mites.

4. Bees and toxic chemicals - Wikipedia

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   A male Xylocopa virginica (Eastern Carpenter bee) on Redbud (Cercis canadensis). Bees can suffer serious effects from toxic chemicals in their environments. These include various synthetic chemicals, particularly insecticides, as well as a variety of naturally occurring chemicals from plants, such as ethanol resulting from the fermentation of organic materials.

5. Neonicotinoid - Wikipedia

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   A review article (Carreck & Ratnieks, 2015) concluded that while laboratory-based studies have demonstrated adverse sub-lethal effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on honey bees and bumble bees, these same effects have not been observed in field studies, which is likely due to an overestimation of three key dosage factors (concentration ...

6. Here are 6 things to know before using pesticides in and ...

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7. Insecticide - Wikipedia

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   Insecticides are pesticides used to kill insects. [1] They include ovicides and larvicides used against insect eggs and larvae, respectively. The major use of insecticides is in agriculture, but they are also used in home and garden settings, industrial buildings, for vector control, and control of insect parasites of animals and humans.

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9. Dichlorvos - Wikipedia

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   Dichlorvos (2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate, commonly abbreviated as an DDVP [1]) is an organophosphate widely used as an insecticide to control household pests, in public health, and protecting stored products from insects.