Camera-wielding robot records effects of pesticide on bees’ behavior

Mongabay
Nov 21, 2018, 12:00 pm153 pts
“It’s easy to quantify if insects are dead,” said Harvard post-doctoral fellow James Crall, lead author of the recent study “Neonicotinoid exposure disrupts bumblebee nest behavior, social networks, and thermoregulation.” What’s more challenging, according to Crall, is studying behavioral changes in…

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