A novel behavioral assay to investigate gustatory responses of individual, freely-moving bumble bees (Bombus terrestris)

Generalist pollinators like the buff-tailed bumble bee, Bombus terrestris, encounter both nutrients and toxins in the floral nectar they collect from flowering plants. Only a few studies have described the gustatory responses of bees toward toxins in food, and these experiments have mainly used the...

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Main Authors: Ma, C, Kessler, S, Simpson, A, Wright, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Journal of Visualized Experiments 2016