Honey bees recognize development of nestmates' ovaries

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to determine the relationship between ovarian development and social behavior in honeybees. Bees that were marked were monitored for their interaction with other bees in the colony. The results showed that bees capable of ovarian development were treated aggressively by other members of the colony. They also showed no differences on the aggressive behavior displayed by non-ovarian honeybees towards bees with highly developed and partially developed ovaries. This suggests that aggressive behavior caused low ovarian development in honeybee colonies.

Aggressive behavior in animals, Animal aggression, Social behavior in animals, Animal social behavior

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Honey bees are predisposed to win-shift but can learn to win-stay

Article Abstract:

The ability of honey bees to either avoid or return to areas of recent sugar depletion was tested. Their ability to select flower contingent areas on the basis of prior experience is an adaptive attribute. Experimental results show that bees in a win-shift environment use their memory rigidity to select an earlier unvisited location, while bees in a win-stay condition selected previously visited locations.

Analysis, Spatial behavior in animals, Animal spatial behavior

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Genetic variance in honey bees for preferred foraging distance

Article Abstract:

A study exploring the effects of genetic variance in honey bees for preferred foraging distance was conducted. Results indicate thatsubfamily differences in a colony of honey bees are a result of genetic variance and that these variances account for the attractiveness of food sources for certain subfamilies, frequency of dances that communicate the source of food and the tendency to join these dances.

Animal behavior

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