Monitoring the effects of thiamethoxam applied as a seed treatment to winter oilseed rape on the development of bumblebee (<i>Bombus terrestris</i>) colonies

Abstract

B. terrestris colonies placed adjacent to a field of flowering oilseed rape grown from thiamethoxam-treated seed developed at a comparable rate with colonies placed adjacent to oilseed rape grown from untreated seed. © 2015 Society of Chemical Industry.