Assessment of food source profitability in honeybees (Apis mellifera): how does disturbance of foraging activity affect trophallactic behaviour?

2002 ◽  
Vol 189 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Wainselboim ◽  
F. Roces ◽  
W. M. Farina
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Food Source ◽  
Foraging Activity ◽  
Food Source Profitability

Trophallaxis in honeybees, Apis mellifera (L.), as related to their past experience at the food source

2003 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 791-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro J Wainselboim ◽  
Walter M Farina
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Food Source ◽  
Past Experience

Dynamics of foraging activity of Apis Mellifera in Kashmir

2019 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
M. A. Paray ◽  
S. A. Ganie ◽  
Parveena Bano ◽  
Rizwana Khurshid ◽  
Shayista Yousuf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Foraging Activity

Foraging Activity of Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) on Corn Panicles at Yaoundé, Cameroon

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-71
Author(s):  
Dounia . ◽  
Amada Brahim ◽  
Chantal Douka ◽  
Stephan Pierre Elono Azang ◽  
Clautin Ningatoloum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Foraging Activity

scholarly journals Honeybee navigation: following routes using polarized-light cues

2011 ◽  
Vol 366 (1565) ◽  
pp. 703-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Kraft ◽  
C. Evangelista ◽  
M. Dacke ◽  
T. Labhart ◽  
M. V. Srinivasan
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Food Source ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Light Illumination ◽  
Directional Information ◽  
First Time ◽  
Behavioural Evidence ◽  
Do So

While it is generally accepted that honeybees ( Apis mellifera ) are capable of using the pattern of polarized light in the sky to navigate to a food source, there is little or no direct behavioural evidence that they actually do so. We have examined whether bees can be trained to find their way through a maze composed of four interconnected tunnels, by using directional information provided by polarized light illumination from the ceilings of the tunnels. The results show that bees can learn this task, thus demonstrating directly, and for the first time, that bees are indeed capable of using the polarized-light information in the sky as a compass to steer their way to a food source.

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