Effects of pollen quality and genotype on the dance of foraging honey bees
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An examination of whether there was genotypic variation underlying honey bees' assessments of the quality of pollen revealed that the rate of round dance may be used to quantify a forager's evaluation of pollen quality, which shows a genetic component. When bees foraged for pure pollen, the dance rate and probability of dancing were each higher than when they foraged for a lower-quality mixture of pollen and alpha-cellulose. A higher dance rate was noted in bees from the high-pollen genotypic strain than in those from a low-pollen strain, indicating different assessments of quality.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1998
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Past foraging experience influences honey bee dance behaviour
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Honey bee dance behavior was found to be influenced by foraging activities in the immediate past, and the strength of a sugar solution to which they had had access. Information contained in dances was less affected by absolute resource profitability than by experience in the immediate past. Choice behavior tends to be modeled in terms of absolute profitability, but this research indicates that when models of choice behavior are designed and studied, the impact of past experience should be taken into account.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1993
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Genetic determinants of honey bee foraging behavior
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High- and low-pollen hoarding strains of bees were studied to determine the genetic basis of bee foraging behavior. The results showed that two major genes influenced bee foraging behavior and that genes with non-additive allelic effects influenced not only the amount of stored honey and pollen but individual foraging behavior as well. Moreover, individual genotypes determined the constraints on their foraging behavior.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1995
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