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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 />
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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)