A Theoretical Approach Towards Optimizing the Movement of Catom Clusters in Micro Robotics Based on the Foraging Behaviour of Honey Bees

Optimisation is a technique or procedure to find the optimal or feasible solution whether it is to minimise or maximise by comparing other possible solutions until the best solution is found. Nowadays, many optimisation algorithms have been introduced due to the advancement of technology such as Teaching Learning Based Optimisation (TLBO), Ant Colony Optimisation (ACO), Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) and the Bees Algorithm. The Bees Algorithm is considered as one of the best optimisation algorithms because it has been successfully solved different type optimisation problem from in various field. It is inspired by the foraging behaviour of honey bees in nature. This study applies the Bees Algorithm to minimise the mass of disc clutch brake in its design. To find the optimal solution for the multiple disc clutch design, the Bees Algorithm will be used and expected to give better result compared to other optimisation algorithms that already have been used.

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Mexican creeper, Antigonon leptopus Hook. and Arn : An effective bee forage plant to conserve honey bee

Journal of Horticultural Sciences ◽

10.24154/jhs.2020.v15i02.015 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 225-228

Author(s):

P V Rami Reddy

Keyword(s):

Ecosystem Services ◽

Species Diversity ◽

Honey Bee ◽

Honey Bees ◽

Native Species ◽

Foraging Behaviour ◽

Apis Cerana ◽

Floral Resources ◽

Urban Habitats ◽

Forage Plant

Decline in honey bee populations has become a matter of concern and their conservation is very essential to sustain essential ecosystem services. They provide making available continuous supply of floral resources is of immense value in conserving honey bees. The effectiveness of an ornamental creeper, Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn as a sustainable bee forage plant was evaluated. It attracts four major native species of honey bees viz., Apis cerana, A. florea, A. dorsata and Tetragonula iridipennis. The wild little bee, A. florea was the most dominant forager followed by the Indian bee, A. cerana. The plant is amenable for easy multiplication through seeds as well as cuttings and meets both aesthetic and ecological needs. Using Antigonon, different studies related to honey bees like assessing species diversity, foraging behaviour, temperature driven shifts etc. can be carried out. Popularising perennial bee flora like Antigonon would help in conserving honey bees in both natural and urban habitats. Since Antigonon attracts all species of honey bees throughout the year, it could be utilized as a potential bioindicator of honey bee populations in a given environment.

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Pollination efficiency and foraging behaviour of honey bees and non‐ Apis bees to sweet cherry

Agricultural and Forest Entomology ◽

10.1111/afe.12363 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 75-82 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Maxime Eeraerts ◽

Ruben Vanderhaegen ◽

Guy Smagghe ◽

Ivan Meeus

Keyword(s):

Honey Bees ◽

Foraging Behaviour ◽

Sweet Cherry ◽

Pollination Efficiency

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The foraging behaviour of honey bees, Apis mellifera: a review

Veterinární Medicína ◽

10.17221/7240-vetmed ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 59 (No. 1) ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 63

Author(s):

HF Abou-Shaara

Keyword(s):

Apis Mellifera ◽

Honey Bee ◽

Honey Bees ◽

Foraging Behaviour ◽

Foraging Activity ◽

Monitoring Methods ◽

Ambient Environment ◽

Bee Colony ◽

Foraging Preference ◽

Honey Bee Colony

Foraging behaviour is one of the distinctive behaviours of honey bees, Apis mellifera. This behaviour is the link between the honey bee colony and the ambient environment. Therefore, various in-colony and out-colony factors have an impact on this behaviour, and many studies have been employed to investigate these factors. Foraging behaviour is not advantageous only for the colony and for plant pollination but also has other benefits. In contrast, some disadvantages have also been discovered to be linked with foraging activity. Practically speaking, the control over this behaviour is very important to maximize colony products as well as to increase other agricultural benefits. This paper presents a review on foraging activity including; the regulation of foraging tasks, factors impacting this behaviour, foraging preference, variations between subspecies, monitoring methods as well as the possible methods for controlling this behaviour. As concluded from this review, more work needs to be performed in order to elucidate certain aspects of foraging behaviour.  

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Changes in the Behaviour of Honey-Bees Following Their Recovery from Anaesthesia

Journal of Experimental Biology ◽

10.1242/jeb.27.3.302 ◽

1950 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 302-310

Author(s):

C. R. RIBBANDS

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Direct Effect ◽

Honey Bees ◽

Marked Reduction ◽

Foraging Behaviour ◽

Early Age ◽

Brood Rearing ◽

Permanent Change ◽

Memory Change

1. Chloroform anaesthesia did not impair the memory, change the foraging behaviour, or reduce the longevity of the treated bees; chloroform is therefore a satisfactory anaesthetic for use in experiments on bee behaviour. 2. Carbon dioxide anaesthesia did not impair the memory of treated bees, but it did induce a permanent change in their behaviour. Their pollen-collecting tendencies were either eliminated or suffered very marked reduction. Experiments with foraging bees of known age indicated that the carbon dioxide treatments had no direct effect on longevity. Treatment of recently emerged bees with carbon dioxide eliminated all or most of their brood-rearing and wax-secreting activities and caused them to forage at an early age. Foraging life is more hazardous than life within the hive, and therefore the expectation of life of these carbon-dioxide treated bees was less than that of the controls. 3. The effects of nitrogen anaesthesia were similar to those obtained with carbon dioxide. The factor common to both treatments is oxygen lack. 4. The theoretical and practicable possibilities of these results are discussed.

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OLFACTORY REPELLENCY OF HERBICIDES TO FORAGING HONEY BEES (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE)

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/ent1111131-10 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 111 (10) ◽

pp. 1131-1135 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

R.H. Elliott ◽

D. Cmiralova ◽

W.G. Wellington

Keyword(s):

Honey Bee ◽

Honey Bees ◽

Foraging Behaviour ◽

Honey Production ◽

Brood Development ◽

Bee Foraging ◽

Honey Bee Foraging ◽

The Impact

AbstractForaging honey bees were offered various sucrose–herbicide solutions. Despite the visual attractiveness of the feeding dishes to foragers, six of seven herbicides significantly reduced the incidence of feeding and were judged to be olfactory and gustatory repellents. The most repellent herbicide was 2,4,5-T, which totally inhibited feeding at concentrations as tow as 1000 ppm. The next most repellent was 2,4-DB, followed by linuron, picloram, 2,4-D, and monuron. Paraquat was the only herbicide that did not exhibit marked repellency at concentrations up to 4000 ppm.The implications of these findings are discussed in terms of the impact of herbicide applications on honey bee foraging behaviour, brood development, pollination, and honey production.

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