Acute toxicity of fipronil to the stingless bee Scaptotrigona postica Latreille

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2013 Jan;90(1):69-72. doi: 10.1007/s00128-012-0892-4. Epub 2012 Nov 23.

Abstract

Fipronil is an insecticide widely used to control a great number of pests, thus the aim of this study was to determine the lethal dose and lethal concentration (LD(50) and LC(50)) of this insecticide to the stingless bees Scaptotrigona postica Latreille, 1807. The LD(50) and LC(50) values obtained after 24 h of exposition were of 0.54 ng a.i./bee and 0.24 ng a.i./μL diet, respectively. These values were considered highly toxic to stingless bees.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bees / drug effects*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Insecticides / toxicity*
  • Lethal Dose 50
  • Pyrazoles / toxicity*

Substances

  • Insecticides
  • Pyrazoles
  • fipronil