Effect of high-frequency radiations on survival of the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)
DECOURTYE, Axel
UMT Protection des abeilles dans l’environnement [UMT PrADE]
UMT Protection des abeilles dans l’environnement [UMT PrADE]
UMT Protection des abeilles dans l’environnement [UMT PrADE]
UMT Protection des abeilles dans l’environnement [UMT PrADE]
GAUTHIER, Monique
Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174) [FEMTO-ST]
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Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174) [FEMTO-ST]
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Apidologie. 2016, vol. 47, n° 5, p. 703-710
Springer Verlag
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Recent studies succeeded in developing a method to automatically record honeybees going in and out of the hive. Honeybees were individualized with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags glued onto their dorsal surface ...Leer más >
Recent studies succeeded in developing a method to automatically record honeybees going in and out of the hive. Honeybees were individualized with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags glued onto their dorsal surface and detected at the hive entrance by readers emitting high-frequency (HF) radio waves. In this work we search for a possible adverse effect of HF on honeybees' survival. Eight-day-old honeybees were exposed to HF (13.56 MHz) or ultra-high-frequency (UHF, 868 MHz) radio waves for 2 h split into ON and OFF periods. The ON/OFF ratio was 1:3 (OFF duration 3, 90, 180, 370 and 360 s) or 1:5 (OFF duration 300 s). Dead individuals were counted every day, and the cumulative mortality rates of exposed and non-exposed honeybees were compared 7 days after exposure. Out of the five experimental conditions, we observed an increase in mortality in two conditions, once after HF and once after UHF exposure, with OFF duration of 5 min or more. We then recommend limiting exposure of honeybees to radio waves to less than 2 h per day, and we conclude that the RFID parameters, like those we used in the field for monitoring hive activity, present no adverse effects for honeybees.< Leer menos
Palabras clave
apis mellifera
radiation électromagnétique
rfid
santé animale
Palabras clave en inglés
electromagnetic radiation
environment
health
insect
radio frequency identification
animal health
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