Effect of carbon dioxide anaesthesia on the longevity of honey bees in the laboratory
- 1 September 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture
- Vol. 7 (3) , 327-329
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03015521.1979.10429094
Abstract
Groups of caged worker honey bees were anaesthetised with carbon dioxide. Both a single and a repeat dose reduced longevity compared with that of control bees. Feeding sugar syrup immediately before treatment did not influence longevity.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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