Neonicotinoids and their effects on honey bees: a comparative analysis of the acute oral toxicity of imidacloprid and thiacloprid
A comparative study of the acute oral toxicity of the neonicotinoid insecticides imidacloprid and thiacloprid with respect to honey bees (Apis mellifera) was conducted. Under laboratory conditions, survival dynamics, changes in locomotor activity, and the repellent effect were examined under exposure to various concentrations of these compounds. The study established that both insecticides ...
Semantics of the image of the bee in Valery Pereleshin’s lyrics: the book of poems On the Way
... the position of the former within 20th-century Russian poetry a relevant research question. Valery Pereleshin is one of the prominent figures in the Chinese segment of Russian émigré literature. This article examines the metaphorical image of the bee, which has a crucial role in the poetics of Pereleshin’s book of poems On the Way (1937). The study focuses on three poems where this image is central. Analysing the image of the bee in the context of literary tradition and mythological connotations ...
