Raquel T de Sousa

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Which method is better to analyse bee abdomen size?

I am using Image J to measure the length/width (freehand tool), but I am not sure whether I should be measuring areas instead? This has been tricky to measure as it's more stepwise process (making...

07 January 2016 1,959 12 View

Could anyone recommend a good and valid method to sample insect faeces in hoarding cages?

I am studying feeding behaviour in adult honey bees and would like a good method to sample faeces. I will have several test cohorts so it will be a repeated sampling. One thought is to use filter...

05 February 2015 8,296 6 View

How can I properly collect and store hemolymph from insects (eg. bees) for later analysis?

I've been collecting hemolymph from bees. I put 5uL of perchloric acid in the tube where the hemolymph would be collected before the centrifugation... after that I immediately store it at -80ºC....

03 September 2014 1,278 9 View