Sublethal effects of commercial plant protection product containing spores Bacillus amyloliquefaciens QST 713 (formerly subtilis) on winter adult honeybees

The aim of this study was to assess potential harmful lethal and sublethal effects of commercial plant protection product containing Bacillus amyloliquefaciens QST 713 (formerly subtilis) spores on winter adult honeybees according to OECD 245 (2017). Caged winter honeybees fed 10 days with a sucrose solution (50% w/w) ad libitum spiked with a maximum application field rate of 1/1 and its 1/10 showed no dose-dependent mortality under laboratory...