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By Adam Holmes with photography from Maren Preuss

Researchers put radio backpacks on bumblebees in Tasmania in insect-tracking trial

A team of researchers are attaching radio transmitters to bumblebee queens in Tasmania's far south to learn how they could be interacting with native species, and to test the limits of insect-tracking technology.

Queen bees are captured while foraging for nectar, then chilled in a freezer to allow for 3D-printed saddles to be glued to their backs and fitted with 0.18-gram radio transmitters.

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