Condition-dependent timing of comb construction by honeybee colonies: How do workers know when to start building?
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Insect colonies are able to quickly shift behaviour to cope with sudden feeding opportunities of defensive emergencies. The honeybee colony's control of timing of new comb construction is not well understood. The hypothesis that the comb is built by nectar receivers experiencing increased distension of their crops, was rejected as in tests, few nectar receivers took part in comb building and potential builders showed no increase in crop size. New comb construction is initiated when honeybees are currently collecting nectar and have filled their available comb.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1998
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Temporal separation of honeybee dance sounds from waggle movements
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Dance sounds and the waggling run of honeybees are separated by a fraction of a second as detected by improved video and acoustic recordings. Dancing honeybees from three different colonies returning from an artificial feeder at 400 meters were recorded using one or more Knowles type 3024 electret microphone and a Panasonic Model WV6000 video camera. Accurate measurements were more difficult to obtain when the dancing bees moved between dance cycles or when the dance signals short distances.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1992
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Olfactory information transfer in the honeybee: compared efficiency of classical conditioning and early exposure
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Research into the ability of honeybees, Apis mellifera, to use olfactory information obtained in a given experimental context in other contexts is presented. It was established that olfactory information obtained during development can affect bees' subsequent behaviour in different contexts.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2000
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