Title

You Are What You Eat: Food-Drug Interaction in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

Authors

Allison G. Kelley, Parkland College
Liao Ling-Hsiu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
May Berenbaum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

Summer 2017

Abstract

The research featured in this poster examined how phytochemicals in nectar and pollen (quercetin and p-coumaric acid), which are known to upregulate cytochrome P450 detoxification enzymes, affect honey bee survival in combination with the pesticides propiconazole, a fungicide, and chlorantraniliprole, an insecticide. While consuming either phytochemical in the absence of pesticides can prolong longevity, consumption of pesticides reduced bee lifespan significantly with or without phytochemicals present.

Rights

Copyright is owned by the creators of this work.

Comments

Research for this project was conducted at the Berenbaum Laboratory at the Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Recommended Citation

Kelley, Allison G.; Ling-Hsiu, Liao; and Berenbaum, May, "You Are What You Eat: Food-Drug Interaction in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)" (2017). PRECS student projects. 2.
https://spark.parkland.edu/precs_student/2