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Imidacloprid decreases the total energy production in western honeybees even though, in sublethal doses, it increased the values of six of the nine compounds in the respiratory and citric cycle
Jerzy Paleolog, Jerzy Wilde, Marek Gancarz, Aneta Strachecka
The paper examines how imidacloprid affects energy production in honeybees, finding that sublethal doses increase six compounds in the respiratory and citric acid cycles but decrease ATP and acetyl-CoA, indicating impaired energy metabolism.