Food consumption and food exchange of caged honey bees using a radioactive labelled sugar solution.

We measured the distribution of sugar solution within groups of caged honey bees (Apis mellifera) under standard in vitro laboratory conditions using 14C polyethylene glycol as a radioactive marker to analyze ingestion by individual bees after group feeding. We studied the impact of different experi...

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Main Authors: Robert Brodschneider, Anika Libor, Vera Kupelwieser, Karl Crailsheim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5371368?pdf=render