Foraging reactivation in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.: Factors affecting the return to known nectar sources

This paper addresses, what determines that experienced forager honeybees return to places where they have previously exploited nectar. Although there was already some evidence that dance and trophallaxis can cause bees to return to feed, the fraction of unemployed foragers that follow dance or recei...

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Autores principales:	Gil, Mariana, Farina, Walter Marcelo
Publicado:	2002
Materias:	flower visiting foraging behavior honeybee article dancing decision making food foraging nectar nonhuman Animals Bees Feeding Behavior Apis Apis mellifera Apoidea Arachnida Hexapoda
Acceso en línea:	https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00281042_v89_n7_p322_Gil http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00281042_v89_n7_p322_Gil
Aporte de:	Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires

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spelling	paper:paper_00281042_v89_n7_p322_Gil2023-06-08T14:54:50Z Foraging reactivation in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.: Factors affecting the return to known nectar sources Gil, Mariana Farina, Walter Marcelo flower visiting foraging behavior honeybee article dancing decision making food foraging honeybee nectar nonhuman Animals Bees Feeding Behavior Apis Apis mellifera Apoidea Arachnida Hexapoda This paper addresses, what determines that experienced forager honeybees return to places where they have previously exploited nectar. Although there was already some evidence that dance and trophallaxis can cause bees to return to feed, the fraction of unemployed foragers that follow dance or receive food from employed foragers before revisiting the feeder was unknown. We found that 27% of the experienced foragers had no contact with the returning foragers inside the hive. The most common interactions were dance following (64%) and trophallaxis (21%). The great variability found in the amount of interactions suggests that individual bees require different stimulation before changing to the foraging mode. This broad disparity negatively correlated with the number of days after marking at the feeder, a variable that is closely related to the foraging experience, suggesting that a temporal variable might affect the decision-making in reactivated foragers. Fil:Gil, M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Farina, W. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2002 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00281042_v89_n7_p322_Gil http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00281042_v89_n7_p322_Gil
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topic	flower visiting foraging behavior honeybee article dancing decision making food foraging honeybee nectar nonhuman Animals Bees Feeding Behavior Apis Apis mellifera Apoidea Arachnida Hexapoda
spellingShingle	flower visiting foraging behavior honeybee article dancing decision making food foraging honeybee nectar nonhuman Animals Bees Feeding Behavior Apis Apis mellifera Apoidea Arachnida Hexapoda Gil, Mariana Farina, Walter Marcelo Foraging reactivation in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.: Factors affecting the return to known nectar sources
topic_facet	flower visiting foraging behavior honeybee article dancing decision making food foraging honeybee nectar nonhuman Animals Bees Feeding Behavior Apis Apis mellifera Apoidea Arachnida Hexapoda
description	This paper addresses, what determines that experienced forager honeybees return to places where they have previously exploited nectar. Although there was already some evidence that dance and trophallaxis can cause bees to return to feed, the fraction of unemployed foragers that follow dance or receive food from employed foragers before revisiting the feeder was unknown. We found that 27% of the experienced foragers had no contact with the returning foragers inside the hive. The most common interactions were dance following (64%) and trophallaxis (21%). The great variability found in the amount of interactions suggests that individual bees require different stimulation before changing to the foraging mode. This broad disparity negatively correlated with the number of days after marking at the feeder, a variable that is closely related to the foraging experience, suggesting that a temporal variable might affect the decision-making in reactivated foragers.
author	Gil, Mariana Farina, Walter Marcelo
author_facet	Gil, Mariana Farina, Walter Marcelo
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title	Foraging reactivation in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.: Factors affecting the return to known nectar sources
title_short	Foraging reactivation in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.: Factors affecting the return to known nectar sources
title_full	Foraging reactivation in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.: Factors affecting the return to known nectar sources
title_fullStr	Foraging reactivation in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.: Factors affecting the return to known nectar sources
title_full_unstemmed	Foraging reactivation in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.: Factors affecting the return to known nectar sources
title_sort	foraging reactivation in the honeybee apis mellifera l.: factors affecting the return to known nectar sources
publishDate	2002
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Foraging reactivation in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.: Factors affecting the return to known nectar sources

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