A modular system for trapping and mass-marking bumblebees: applications for studying food choice and foraging range
A modular system for trapping and mass-marking bumblebees: applications for studying food choice and foraging range
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用于捕获和大规模标记大黄蜂的模块化系统：用于研究食物选择和觅食范围的应用
DOI：
10.1051/apido:2006004
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发表时间：
2006
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影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
J. Osborne
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作者：
A. Martin;N. Carreck;J. Swain;D. Goulson;M. Knight;R. Hale;R. Sanderson;J. Osborne
Two new techniques for the study of bumblebee behavioural ecology are described. Interchangeable nest entrance modules allow (i) unimpeded bee traffic, (ii) trapping of incoming foragers for counting and removal of pollen loads; or (iii) colour marking of bees leaving the colony using dye powder. The forager traps captured all returning foragers while in place and 35% of them were carrying pollen loads. During the four week experiment, the percentage of mixed pollen loads decreased and the proportion of pollen loads from mass-flowering resources increased. The dye dispensers automatically marked 86% of foragers as they left the colony (approximately 28 bees per hour), and 37% of returning bees were marked. Different colours were used for bees in each colony, which could then be observed in the field.
