Food foraging of honey bees in a microwave field (2. 45 GHz CW)

Journal Article · Mon Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 1982 · Environ. Entomol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/11.1.95· OSTI ID:6415623

Gary, N E; Westerdahl, B B

Honey bees were trained to fly 400 m from their colony to an indoor laboratory foraging arena exposed to 2.45 GHz continuous wave microwaves at 5 power densities (0, 5, 10, 20, and 40 mW/cm/sup 2/). Foraging behavior did not differ from controls foraging within an unexposed sham arena in (1) number of round trips completed during a 3-h exposure session, (2) round trip time between the colony and the foraging arena, and (3) the length of time required to navigate the illuminated foraging arena. This study indicates that honey bees would not be adversely affected by foraging within a similar microwave field that would exist in future receiving antennae for the proposed solar power satellite energy transmission system in which power levels are expected to range from 23 mW/cm/sup 2/ at the antenna center to 1 mW/cm/sup 2/ at the edge.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Davis
• OSTI ID: 6415623
• Journal Information: Environ. Entomol.; (United States), Vol. 11:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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