elegant assay for solitary bee responses to pesticides

[James Cane]

Hello Beepeople

I just now read an exciting advance for work bees to be tested for neurotoxic pesticides, particularly non-social bees like Osmia. Simple, affordable, quick, cheap, readily quantified, low tech, all qualities that I would expect out of the lab of Jordi Bosch, who I presume directed it. I never waded into insecticide screening, although its need is obvious, but armed with this assay, I would have pursued it.

"A phototaxis assay to measure sublethal effects of pesticides on bees "

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-05400-7#citeas

jim

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James H. Cane

Native bee and pollination ecologist

Emeritus USDA-ARS Bee Lab, Logan, Utah

owner -  WildBeecology

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