The Impact of Environmental Factors and Pesticides on Bee Behavior
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Farm Animal Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 September 2025 | Viewed by 85
Special Issue Editor
Interests: pesticides; honey bee; bumblebees; electromagnetic field; biochemical indicators; behavior
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bees, as key pollinators, play a crucial role in both the environment and agriculture. However, they are exposed to various stressors while performing their work. Successful pollination and species survival depend not only on the overall health of these organisms but also on their cognitive skills. Some bee species are social, and their behavior plays a key role in communication, colony organization, and social immunity. The decline in bee populations could have far-reaching consequences for global food production and biodiversity, making their protection particularly significant. Therefore, extensive studies on bee behavior are needed to understand how stressors affect their performance and survival.
This Special Issue focuses on the studies on factors that impact bee behavior, including learning ability, flight performance, foraging motivation, navigation skills, and more. Submissions on honeybees, bumblebees, as well as solitary and stingless bees are invited. Contributions on pesticides and environmental factors such as, for example, climate change, light pollution, invasive species, inter- and intraspecies competition, predators, and parasites, all of which could influence bee behavior, is equally encouraged.
All types of articles, such as original papers, statements, and reviews, will be considered for publication in this Special Issue.
Dr. Agnieszka Murawska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bee behavior
- learning ability
- cognitive skills
- climate change
- navigation skills
- pesticides
- flight performance
- bumblebees
- solitary bees
- honeybee
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