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SUBMITTER: de Vries LJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7295593 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de Vries Lana J LJ van Langevelde Frank F van Dooremalen Coby C Kornegoor Ilse G IG Lankheet Martin J MJ van Leeuwen Johan L JL Naguib Marc M Muijres Florian T FT
Biology open 20200611 6
Red-blue emitting LEDs have recently been introduced in greenhouses to optimise plant growth. However, this spectrum may negatively affect the performance of bumblebees used for pollination, because the visual system of bumblebees is more sensitive to green light than to red-blue light. We used high-speed stereoscopic videography to three-dimensionally track and compare landing manoeuvres of <i>Bombus terrestris</i> bumblebees in red-blue light and in regular, broad-spectrum white light. In both ...[more]