Zachary S. Lamas, Serhat Solmaz, Cory Stevens, Jason Brag Eugene V. Ryabov, Shayne Madella, Miguel Corona, Jay D. Evans
ABSTRACT by Dr Zachary Lamas
Rearing honey bees in the laboratory has been met with numerous roadblocks. Namely, the inhibition for bees to successfully rear developing brood. Worker bees will engage in trophallaxis, become foragers and store honey, and even form a retinue around a queen inside of an incubator. However, they will cannibalize young larvae instead of rearing them in the laboratory. Rearing bees in vivo in the laboratory allows researchers to study this complex organism without the numerous confounders present in field trials. It would have the potential to dramatically increase the quality of pesticide research while reducing the overall cost. Here we show a simple, low cost method to rearing worker bees and queens in the laboratory.
See article here:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844025004220
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