Using radio frequency identification and locomotor activity monitoring to assess sleep, locomotor, and foraging rhythmicity in bumblebees

Kiah Tasman; Sean A Rands; James J L Hodge

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Using radio frequency identification and locomotor activity monitoring to assess sleep, locomotor, and foraging rhythmicity in bumblebees

Kiah Tasman^*, Sean A Rands^*, James J L Hodge^*

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Bumblebees are a key pollinator. Understanding the factors that influence the timing of sleep and foraging trips is important for efficient foraging and pollina- tion. Here, we illustrate how individual locomotor activity monitoring and colony- wide radio frequency identification tracking can be combined to analyze the effects of agrochemicals like neonicotinoids on locomotor and foraging rhyth- micity and sleep quantity/quality in bumblebees. We also highlight aspects of the design that can be adapted for other invertebrates or agrochemicals, allow- ing broader application of these techniques.

Original language	English
Article number	100598
Number of pages	16
Journal	STAR Protocols
Volume	2
Issue number	2
Early online date	11 Jun 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100598
Publication status	Published - 18 Jun 2021

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This work was supported by BBSRC studentship BB/J014400/1 and Leverhulme project grant RPG-20160318 awarded to J.J.L.H.

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The neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid disrupts bumblebee foraging rhythms and sleep
Tasman, K., Rands, S. A. & Hodge, J. J. L., 18 Dec 2020, In: iScience. 23, 12, 17 p., 101827.
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The effect of neonicotinoid pesticides on the circadian clock and sleep of fruit flies and bumblebees
Tasman, K. (Author), Hodge, J. J. L. (Supervisor) & Rands, S. A. (Supervisor), 12 May 2020
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

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