as a follow up to my previous post:

> The effects of field-applied pesticides on individual honey bees and colonies are complex. Future studies will be needed to determine if other pesticides (including chlorpyrifos) impact honey bee physiology similar to that of coumaphos and fluvalinate. Importantly, our study reveals a robust and significant overlap between transcriptional responses to diet and pesticides, and demonstrates that diet, specifically
pollen-based diets, can significantly reduce the sensitivity of bees to pesticide exposure. Thus, improving the complexity and nutritional value of the diet available to honey bees through optimized supplementary feeding or encouraging flowering plant diversity in agricultural fields may help buffer bee populations from the impacts of pesticide exposure and other stressors.

Schmehl, D. R., Teal, P. E., Frazier, J. L., & Grozinger, C. M. (2014). Genomic analysis of the interaction between pesticide exposure and nutrition in honey bees (Apis mellifera). Journal of insect physiology, 71, 177-190.

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