Foraging pauses and their meaning as an economic strategy in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.

When conditioned honeybees collect sucrose solution delivered at a range of low-profit flow rates for the hive, they increase the pause length between successive visits. If sucrose solution was delivered continuously, it accumulated at the food source in an amount proportional to the pause length an...

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Autores principales: Grosclaude, Fernando, Núñez, Josué Antonio
Publicado: 1998
Materias:
Apis mellifera
Economic strategy
Foraging pause
Honeybee
Information exchange
Acceso en línea:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_03407594_v183_n1_p61_Grosclaude
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03407594_v183_n1_p61_Grosclaude
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spelling paper:paper_03407594_v183_n1_p61_Grosclaude2023-06-08T15:34:13Z Foraging pauses and their meaning as an economic strategy in the honeybee Apis mellifera L. Grosclaude, Fernando Núñez, Josué Antonio Apis mellifera Economic strategy Foraging pause Honeybee Information exchange Apis mellifera When conditioned honeybees collect sucrose solution delivered at a range of low-profit flow rates for the hive, they increase the pause length between successive visits. If sucrose solution was delivered continuously, it accumulated at the food source in an amount proportional to the pause length and the flow rate of nectar. When the flow rate of sucrose solution was further decreased but kept constant throughout the day, a threshold level was attained in which oscillations in the length of the pauses were observed. The relationship between the amount of accumulated nectar and subsequent pause length at this threshold level can be depicted by means of a power function. The best fit allowed the calculation of the values of parameters that quantitatively describe the control system regulating foraging activity. The importance of foraging pauses as a strategy to cope with changing nectar availability is discussed. Fil:Grosclaude, F.E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Núñez, J.A. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 1998 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_03407594_v183_n1_p61_Grosclaude http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03407594_v183_n1_p61_Grosclaude
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topic Apis mellifera
Economic strategy
Foraging pause
Honeybee
Information exchange
Apis mellifera
spellingShingle Apis mellifera
Economic strategy
Foraging pause
Honeybee
Information exchange
Apis mellifera
Grosclaude, Fernando
Núñez, Josué Antonio
Foraging pauses and their meaning as an economic strategy in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.
topic_facet Apis mellifera
Economic strategy
Foraging pause
Honeybee
Information exchange
Apis mellifera
description When conditioned honeybees collect sucrose solution delivered at a range of low-profit flow rates for the hive, they increase the pause length between successive visits. If sucrose solution was delivered continuously, it accumulated at the food source in an amount proportional to the pause length and the flow rate of nectar. When the flow rate of sucrose solution was further decreased but kept constant throughout the day, a threshold level was attained in which oscillations in the length of the pauses were observed. The relationship between the amount of accumulated nectar and subsequent pause length at this threshold level can be depicted by means of a power function. The best fit allowed the calculation of the values of parameters that quantitatively describe the control system regulating foraging activity. The importance of foraging pauses as a strategy to cope with changing nectar availability is discussed.
author Grosclaude, Fernando
Núñez, Josué Antonio
author_facet Grosclaude, Fernando
Núñez, Josué Antonio
author_sort Grosclaude, Fernando
title Foraging pauses and their meaning as an economic strategy in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.
title_short Foraging pauses and their meaning as an economic strategy in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.
title_full Foraging pauses and their meaning as an economic strategy in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.
title_fullStr Foraging pauses and their meaning as an economic strategy in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.
title_full_unstemmed Foraging pauses and their meaning as an economic strategy in the honeybee Apis mellifera L.
title_sort foraging pauses and their meaning as an economic strategy in the honeybee apis mellifera l.
publishDate 1998
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