Impact of glues used for RFIDs on the longevity and flight muscles of the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata (Apidae: Meliponini)

Toppa, Rogério Hartung; Arena, Mariana Victorino Nicolosi; Silva, Cláudia Inês da; Marendy, Peter; Souza, P. A. de; Silva-Zacarín, Elaine C.M.

doi:10.1007/s13592-020-00823-9

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“…While RFID technology is valuable for tracking the lifespan of individuals, it may have certain limitations that need to be considered, especially in this test system. For example, the additional weight of the tag or chemicals in the glue may interfere with the bees' natural behaviour and alter flight dynamics (de Souza et al., 2018; Susanto et al., 2018; Toppa et al., 2021). In addition, the technology may be too costly for large‐scale experiments.…”

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Making way for the implementation of automated bee counters in regulatory risk assessment

Odemer,

Jakoby,

Barth

et al. 2024

J Applied Entomology

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Measuring adverse effects on honey bees and their colonies requires a suitable methodology. For example, due to the large number of bees in a hive and the foraging activity, measuring the mortality of individuals is a difficult task that has not yet been adequately addressed. Knowing the natural daily mortality rate of a bee colony would be of great benefit in assessing whether and to what extent external influences and stress factors affect mortality. More precise mortality data could in turn help refining specific protection goals for regulatory purpose. The European Food Safety Authority recently published a document that estimated such mortality rates based on a systematic literature review, but none of these rates were assessed from continuous monitoring of colonies. Currently, bee mortality is routinely evaluated with various types of dead bee traps that prevent deceased bees from being removed from the colony. Both the literature review and the dead bee traps are relevant to regulatory risk assessment, but in our opinion are not describing the total mortality. Bee counters capable of precisely determining daily loss rates meet the above points and combine them with generating automated and continuous monitoring data. Lately, the field has gained a lot of importance in research and technological advances offer new possibilities in regulatory risk assessment. We will highlight these possibilities and discuss their future application in practice.

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Making way for the implementation of automated bee counters in regulatory risk assessment

Odemer,

Jakoby,

Barth

et al. 2024

J Applied Entomology

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Automated entrance monitoring to investigate honey bee foraging trips using open-source wireless platform and fiducial tags

Penaloza-Aponte,

Brandt,

Dent

et al. 2024

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Ecological comparison of native (Apis mellifera mellifera) and hybrid (Buckfast) honeybee drones in southwestern Sweden indicates local adaptation

Schaumann,

Norrström,

Niklasson

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Honeybee drones’ only known task is to mate with a virgin queen. Apart from their mating behaviour, their ecology has been little studied, especially in comparison to honeybee females. Previous knowledge is primarily based on short-term direct observations at single experimental hives, rarely, if ever, addressing the effect of drones’ genetic origin. Here, Radio Frequency Identification Technology was utilised to gather drone and worker bee lifetime data of Apis mellifera mellifera and Apis mellifera x (hybrid Buckfast) colonies over one mating season (spring and summer) with the ultimate goal to investigate differences at subspecies level. This technique enabled continuous monitoring of tagged bees at the hive entrance and recording of individuals’ movement directions. The results confirmed that spring-born drones survive longer than summer-born drones and that they generally live longer than worker bees. Drones’ peak activity occurred in the afternoon while worker bees showed more even activity levels throughout the day. Earlier orientation flights than usually reported for drones were observed. In summer, mating flights were practiced before reaching sexual maturity (at 12 days of age). Differences were found between Apis m. mellifera and Buckfast drones, where Apis m. mellifera showed later drone production in spring, but significantly earlier first activities outside the hive in summer and a later peak in diurnal activity. Additionally, Apis m. mellifera flew more in higher light intensities and windy conditions and performed significantly longer flights than Buckfast drones. The observed differences in drone ecology indicate the existence of a local adaptation of the native subspecies Apis m. mellifera to environmental conditions in southwestern Sweden.

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Impact of glues used for RFIDs on the longevity and flight muscles of the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata (Apidae: Meliponini)

Cited by 5 publications

References 22 publications

Making way for the implementation of automated bee counters in regulatory risk assessment

Making way for the implementation of automated bee counters in regulatory risk assessment

Automated entrance monitoring to investigate honey bee foraging trips using open-source wireless platform and fiducial tags

Ecological comparison of native (Apis mellifera mellifera) and hybrid (Buckfast) honeybee drones in southwestern Sweden indicates local adaptation

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