2014
DOI: 10.1603/ec13213
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Evaluation of Cage Designs and Feeding Regimes for Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Laboratory Experiments

Abstract: The aim of this study was to improve cage systems for maintaining adult honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) workers under in vitro laboratory conditions. To achieve this goal, we experimentally evaluated the impact of different cages, developed by scientists of the international research network COLOSS (Prevention of honey bee COlony LOSSes), on the physiology and survival of honey bees. We identified three cages that promoted good survival of honey bees. The bees from cages that exhibited greater survival had relat… Show more

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“…laboratory versus field) (Schmuck et al ., ; Mattila and Otis, ), which may potentially be a consequence of a higher sensitivity due to the artificial conditions in the laboratory (e.g. Huang et al ., ; Retschnig et al ., ). Experimental workers in the present study lived in a colony environment (i.e.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…laboratory versus field) (Schmuck et al ., ; Mattila and Otis, ), which may potentially be a consequence of a higher sensitivity due to the artificial conditions in the laboratory (e.g. Huang et al ., ; Retschnig et al ., ). Experimental workers in the present study lived in a colony environment (i.e.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The newly emerged workers (<24h) were randomly distributed into 18 laboratory rearing cages. 30 bees were transferred to each cage The experimental cages were divided into two groups: 1) group supplied with only 50% (W/V) sugar water in modified syringe feeder [36], and 2) group supplied with both 50% (W/V) sugar water and beebread freshly collected from the A. cerana colonies (thereafter call beebread). For each group, three subgroups were set up one without spore inoculation which was used as a negative control, one inoculated with N. ceranae 5000 spores per bee, and one inoculated with 50000 spores per bee (Figure 1).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ap. mellifera experience stress when kept in captivity, and imitating feeding behaviour with in‐lab administered flower nectars and pollens only further lowers the applicability of lab‐based studies (Huang et al ., ). Beehives kept on expansive farms with limited flower varieties can help to reduce the gap between experiment and reality, but Ap.…”
Section: Challenges and Future Directions In The Fieldmentioning
confidence: 97%