Killing Them with Kindness? In-Hive Medications May Inhibit Xenobiotic Efflux Transporters and Endanger Honey Bees

David J. Hawthorne; Galen P. Dively

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026796

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Killing Them with Kindness? In-Hive Medications May Inhibit Xenobiotic Efflux Transporters and Endanger Honey Bees

David J. Hawthorne ,

* E-mail: djh@umd.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Galen P. Dively

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Killing Them with Kindness? In-Hive Medications May Inhibit Xenobiotic Efflux Transporters and Endanger Honey Bees

David J. Hawthorne,
Galen P. Dively

Published: November 2, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026796

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