Floral scents learned inside the honeybee hive have a long-lasting effect on recruitment
MS Balbuena, A Arenas, WM Farina - Animal Behaviour, 2012 - Elsevier
Floral scents learned during the waggle dance, a signal through which honeybees provide
nestmates with spatial information on foraging sites, are an important component of …
nestmates with spatial information on foraging sites, are an important component of …
Floral scents affect the distribution of hive bees around dancers
Floral scents are important information cues used to organize foraging-related tasks in
honeybees. The waggle dance, apart from encoding spatial information about food sources …
honeybees. The waggle dance, apart from encoding spatial information about food sources …
Floral scents experienced within the colony affect long-term foraging preferences in honeybees
A Arenas, VM Fernández, WM Farina - Apidologie, 2008 - apidologie.org
Food scents circulating inside beehives influence foraging preferences in the field. However,
the persistence and nature of the prior experience that lead to this biased response remain …
the persistence and nature of the prior experience that lead to this biased response remain …
Olfactory information transfer during recruitment in honey bees
Honey bee colonies use a number of signals and information cues to coordinate collective
foraging. The best known signal is the waggle dance by which dancers provide nest-mates …
foraging. The best known signal is the waggle dance by which dancers provide nest-mates …
Honeybee recruitment to scented food sources: correlations between in-hive social interactions and foraging decisions
MS Balbuena, J Molinas, WM Farina - Behavioral Ecology and …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Information exchange of environmental cues facilitates decision-making processes
among members of insect societies. In honeybee foraging, it is unknown how the odor cues …
among members of insect societies. In honeybee foraging, it is unknown how the odor cues …
Honey bee waggle dance communication: signal meaning and signal noise affect dance follower behaviour
Returning honey bee foragers perform waggle dances to inform nestmate foragers about the
presence, location and odour of profitable food sources and new nest sites. The aim of this …
presence, location and odour of profitable food sources and new nest sites. The aim of this …
Do honey bees modulate dance following according to foraging distance?
Highlights•Honey bee waggle dances indicate the direction of and distance to food
sources.•Whether dance follower responses account for the indicated distance is …
sources.•Whether dance follower responses account for the indicated distance is …
Social learning of floral odours inside the honeybee hive
A honeybee hive serves as an information centre in which communication among bees
allows the colony to exploit the most profitable resources in a continuously changing …
allows the colony to exploit the most profitable resources in a continuously changing …
Dancing for their supper: Do honeybees adjust their recruitment dance in response to the protein content of pollen?
M Beekman, K Preece, TM Schaerf - Insectes Sociaux, 2016 - Springer
Honeybees use the dance language to communicate the location of profitable food
resources to nestmates. During nectar foraging, bees alter the duration of the return phase of …
resources to nestmates. During nectar foraging, bees alter the duration of the return phase of …
Retention of long-term memories in different age groups of honeybee (Apis mellifera) workers
Honeybees can learn food odors inside the nest during food sharing and use this
information during flower choice, dance choice or choice of a trophallactic partner. We …
information during flower choice, dance choice or choice of a trophallactic partner. We …