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Effect of carbon dioxide anaesthesia on the longevity of honey bees in the laboratory

New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture (1979) 7(3) 327-329
DOI: 10.1080/03015521.1979.10429094
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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. © 1979 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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Tustain, R. C. R., & Faulke, J. (1979). Effect of carbon dioxide anaesthesia on the longevity of honey bees in the laboratory. New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 7(3), 327–329. https://doi.org/10.1080/03015521.1979.10429094

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