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Agriculture · Q522

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 522

Q522

Safest chemical for honey bee is

A.
Malathion
B.
Methyl parathion
C.
Endosulphan
Answer
D.
None of these

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Safest chemical for honey bees is Endosulphan.
Endosulfan is an off-patent organochlorine insecticide and acaricide that is being phased out globally. It has been used globally as a pesticide since the 1950s to control a variety of insects including whiteflies, aphids, leafhoppers, Colorado potato beetles, and cabbage worms.
Endosulfan was very much safer for honeybees than the two organophosphate insecticides.