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    Video tracking of bees using a vertical arena.

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    <p><b>A,</b> Examples of paths followed during 3 minutes by four individual young bees (day 1 after emergence). <b>B,</b> Superimposed paths followed by eighty individual bees. Overall, arena sides were more frequently visited. <b>C,</b> Locomotor ability measured at day 1, 2 and 6 after emergence (bees kept in an incubator). Mean distance (± S.E.M) covered by bees slightly increased from 3.2 to 3.8 meters between day 1 and 2 (p<0.01, n = 138 and 63 respectively) and did not significantly further increase as shown at 6 days after emergence (n = 38).</p

    Evidence for locomotor deficits after exposure to a sublethal dose (SLD<sub>48h</sub>) of a pyrethroid or a neonicotinoid but not a phenylpyrazole.

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    <p><b>A</b>, The average (± S.E.M) relative distance covered by young bees is significantly decreased 6±2h after exposure to either a SLD<sub>48h</sub> of cypermethrin (2.5 ng/bee), tau-fluvalinate (33 ng/bee) or tetramethrin (70 ng/bee). <b>B</b>, A significant decrease in distance is observed after exposure to a SLD<sub>48h</sub> of thiamethoxam (3.8 ng/bee) as well. <b>C</b>, The relative distance covered by bees after exposure to a SLD<sub>48h</sub> of fipronil (0.5 ng/bee) is similar to the distance covered by control bees. In the case of fipronil, whereas early deleterious effects cannot be evidenced by the locomotion assay, an increased mortality is observed five days after exposure. For cypermethrin, n = 19 control and n = 20 exposed bees respectively. For tau-fluvalinate, n = 12 control and n = 19 exposed bees respectively. For tetramethrin, n = 20 control and n = 20 exposed bees respectively. For thiamethoxam, n = 19 control and n = 19 exposed bees respectively. For fipronil, n = 19 control and n = 20 exposed bees respectively.</p
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