Minimizing Honey Bee Exposure to Pesticides

This document is ENY-162, one of a series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date March 2014. Revised December 2020 and February 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

J. D. Ellis, Gahan endowed professor, Entomology and Nematology Department; J. Klopchin, former Extension technician, Entomology and Nematology Department; E. Buss, associate professor, Entomology and Nematology Department; L. M. Diepenbrock, assistant professor, Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center; F. M. Fishel, former professor, Agronomy Department, and former director, Pesticide Information Office; W. H. Kern Jr., associate professor, Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Ft. Lauderdale REC; C. Mannion, associate professor, Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Tropical REC; E. McAvoy, UF/IFAS regional vegetable Extension agent IV emeritus; L. S. Osborne, professor, Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida REC; M. Rogers, former associate professor, Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Citrus REC; M. Sanford, professor emeritus, Entomology and Nematology Department; H. Smith, assistant professor, Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast REC; P. Stansly, professor (deceased), Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida REC; L. Stelinski, professor, Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Citrus REC; S. Webb, associate professor, Entomology and Nematology Department; A. Vu, Extension coordinator, Entomology and Nematology Department; B. S. Stanford, Assistant Bureau Chief, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.