尼奥尼科丁类药物会破坏大黄蜂巢的行为,社交网络和温度调节
James D Crall1,2,3, Callin M Switzer4,5, Robert L Oppenheimer6
1Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. jcrall@oeb.harvard.edu.
概括
像伊米达克洛普里德这样的类杀虫剂会破坏大黄蜂的行为, 自动监测显示这些影响因日间不同而有所不同, 影响殖民地生长.
科学领域:
- 生态学
- 行为生态学
- 农药毒理学
背景情况:
- 新类杀虫剂被广泛使用,人们对它们对非向生物,特别是授粉者的影响感到担忧.
- 已知新类药物对蜜蜂行为的致命影响,但影响蜂群生长的具体机制尚不清楚.
- 了解行为障碍对于评估类植物对蜜蜂群体的生态风险至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究一种常见的类毒素 - - 伊米达克洛普里德对蜂巢内工作者的影响.
- 描述类药物可能损害蜂群生长的行为机制.
- 评估imidacloprid对社会和空间行为影响的时间动态.
主要方法:
- 使用自动化机器人平台持续监控独特的蜂群.
- 观察和量化工人行为,包括护理,社会互动和巢内的空间动态.
- 在现场条件下评估殖民地级的影响,如温度调节和建筑行为.
主要成果:
- 现场现实的伊米达克洛普里德暴露影响了哺乳行为,改变了大黄蜂巢内的社会和空间动态.
- 观察到的行为障碍在一天的时间上有显著的变化.
- 伊米达克洛普里德暴露对殖民地的温度调节和田间的隔热结构产生了负面影响.
结论:
- 像伊米达克洛普里德这样的新类药物导致大规模破坏蜂巢内工作者的行为.
- 这些行为变化可能导致殖民地生长受损,殖民地成功减少.
- 自动化监测平台是研究环境压力因素对蜜蜂行为的复杂动态影响的宝贵工具.
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