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Compound tested<br />

Species<br />

Study type Test dose Test<br />

duration<br />

Honeybees learning<br />

between a<br />

visual mark <strong>and</strong><br />

a reward (sugar<br />

solution) in a<br />

complex maze.<br />

Endpoints Results Notes (study<br />

reference in figure<br />

bees negotiated the maze<br />

with no mistakes<br />

compared to 61% in the<br />

control group.<br />

Table 14 Overview of laboratory studies of the effects of sublethal <strong>and</strong> chronic exposure to fipronil on Apis bees<br />

Compound tested<br />

Species<br />

Fipronil<br />

Apis mellifera<br />

Fipronil<br />

Honeybees<br />

Study type Test dose Test<br />

duration<br />

Lab study / contact<br />

exposure / adults<br />

Lab study /<br />

exposure through<br />

injection on thorax<br />

/ adults<br />

0.5ng/bee<br />

(c. 1/10 LD50)<br />

0.1 or<br />

0.5ng/bee at<br />

+20 <strong>and</strong><br />

+60min<br />

<strong>Neonicotinoid</strong> pesticides <strong>and</strong> bees Page 63 of 133<br />

Report to Syngenta Ltd<br />

21)<br />

Reference<br />

Devillers<br />

(2010)<br />

Endpoints Results Notes Reference<br />

3-24h Learning (PER) Decreased acquisition<br />

success.<br />

1h, 24h,<br />

48h<br />

Olfactory<br />

learning (PER)<br />

Subsequent memory<br />

performances lowered.<br />

No effect on distribution of<br />

responses to the tactile<br />

stimuli between sides.<br />

Olfactory learning<br />

significantly impaired at<br />

0.1ng/bee (1h <strong>and</strong> 24h<br />

only), but not impaired at<br />

0.5ng/bee.<br />

Bendahou et<br />

al (2009)<br />

El Hassani et<br />

al. (2009)

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