New laboratory system allows researchers to probe the secret lives of queen bees
Monday, December 3, 2018 - 13:40
in Biology & Nature
A group of researchers has established a laboratory-based method for tracking the fertility of honey bee queens, using a laboratory set-up that would mimic the key aspects of the hive environment and allow detection of egg-laying by honey bee queens living with small groups of worker bees. The resulting system allowed them to explore the relationship between worker nutrition and queen fertility.