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Bumblebee consumption bioassay

Subcategory: behavioral assay

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

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Description

Laboratory feeding trials exposing individual bumblebee workers to alkaloid-enriched sucrose solutions followed by behavioral activity scoring to assess direct consumptive effects of nectar alkaloids.

Typical Equipment

individual vials
clear plastic containers
removable lids
digital camcorder (Sony Super SteadyShot HDR-SR11)

Output Measurements

activity scores
behavioral responses
mortality

Papers Using This Protocol (2)

article

Norditerpene alkaloid concentrations in tissues and floral rewards of larkspurs and impacts on pollinators

2013Biochemical Systematics and Ecologyintroducing

article

Dose-dependent effects of nectar alkaloids in a montane plant-pollinator community

2013Journal of Ecologyintroducing