New publication on pesticides impact on bees

A new research article by Sarah El Khoury, Jeff Gauthier, Sidki Bouslama and Bachar Cheaib has been published in microorganisms. Their findings confirm that exposure to clothianidin triggers a reshuffling of beneficial strains and/or potentially pathogenic taxa within the gut, suggesting a honeybee’s symbiotic defense systems’ disruption, such as resistance to microbial colonization.

To read this article:

• El Khoury, S.; Gauthier, J.; Bouslama, S.; Cheaib, B.; Giovenazzo, P.; Derome, N. Dietary Contamination with a Neonicotinoid (Clothianidin) Gradient Triggers Specific Dysbiosis Signatures of Microbiota Activity along the Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Digestive Tract. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 2283. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9112283