Practical protocol for honey bee immobilization and oral administration of drugs and pathogens COMMENT
JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH, cilt.62, sa.4, ss.932-935, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Editöre Mektup
- Cilt numarası: 62 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2023
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00218839.2021.2014645
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.932-935
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Honey bee, immobilization, oral administration, harnessing, proboscis extension reflex, MEMORY
- Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Some fields in honey bee research require oral administration of substances to bees individually. This paper describes a relatively easy, practical, and reversible method for harnessing and oral feeding of honey bees. Individual bees are immobilized on a piece of balsa wood stick with two pins crossed on the junction between thorax and abdomen. Restrained bees can then easily be fed with a specific amount of chemical or pathogen in sucrose solution by inducing proboscis extension reflex. Important aspects and possible drawbacks of the method are also discussed.