Interactions between
                    <i>Nosema</i>
                    microspores and a neonicotinoid weaken honeybees (
                    <i>Apis mellifera</i>
                    )

Cédric Alaux, Jean‐Luc Brunet, Claudia Dussaubat, Fanny Mondet, Sylvie Tchamitchan, Marianne Cousin, Julien Brillard, Aurelie Baldy, Luc P. Belzunces, Yves Le Conte

doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02123.x

<jats:title>Summary</jats:title> <jats:p> Global pollinators, like honeybees, are declining in abundance and diversity, which can adversely affect natural ecosystems and agriculture. Therefore, we tested the current hypotheses describing honeybee losses as a multifactorial syndrome, by investigating integrative effects of an infectious organism and an insecticide on honeybee health. We demonstrated that the interaction between the microsporidia <jats:italic>Nosema</jats:italic> and a neonicotinoid (imidacloprid) significantly weakened honeybees. In the short term, the combination of both agents caused the highest individual mortality rates and energetic stress. By quantifying the strength of immunity at both the individual and social levels, we showed that neither the haemocyte number nor the phenoloxidase activity of individuals was affected by the different treatments. However, the activity of glucose oxidase, enabling bees to sterilize colony and brood food, was significantly decreased only by the combination of both factors compared with control, <jats:italic>Nosema</jats:italic> or imidacloprid groups, suggesting a synergistic interaction and in the long term a higher susceptibility of the colony to pathogens. This provides the first evidences that interaction between an infectious organism and a chemical can also threaten pollinators, interactions that are widely used to eliminate insect pests in integrative pest management. </jats:p>

Interactions between <i>Nosema</i> microspores and a neonicotinoid weaken honeybees ( <i>Apis mellifera</i> )

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