Honeybees mark with scent and reject recently visited flowers

Experimental evidence is reported for flower-marking by honeybees (Apis mellifera ligustica) while they were foraging on an artificial patch of flowers yielding a continuous and equal flow of sucrose solution. Honeybees marked with scent and rejected all recently visited and nectar-depleted flowers....

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Autores principales:	Giurfa, Martín, Núñez, Josué Antonio
Publicado:	1992
Materias:	Foraging behaviour Foraging efficiency Honeybee Movement pattern Scent-mark bee foraging behaviour honeybee scent marking Apis mellifera ligustica
Acceso en línea:	https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00298549_v89_n1_p113_Giurfa http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00298549_v89_n1_p113_Giurfa
Aporte de:	Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires

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spelling	paper:paper_00298549_v89_n1_p113_Giurfa2023-06-08T14:55:41Z Honeybees mark with scent and reject recently visited flowers Giurfa, Martín Núñez, Josué Antonio Foraging behaviour Foraging efficiency Honeybee Movement pattern Scent-mark bee foraging behaviour honeybee scent marking Apis mellifera ligustica Experimental evidence is reported for flower-marking by honeybees (Apis mellifera ligustica) while they were foraging on an artificial patch of flowers yielding a continuous and equal flow of sucrose solution. Honeybees marked with scent and rejected all recently visited and nectar-depleted flowers. The short fade-out time of this scent allowed discrimination of flowers that temporarily provided no food. The repellent nature of this scent mark was demonstrated by the use of an air extractor connected to the patch; when the apparatus was turned on, the rejection behaviour disappeared. The movement pattern of foraging bees also contributed to foraging efficiency, as the probability of an immediate return to the flower just abandoned was very low. However, when a quick repeat visit took place, the presence of the repellent scent-mark promoted rapid rejection. © 1992 Springer-Verlag. Fil:Giurfa, M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Núñez, J.A. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 1992 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00298549_v89_n1_p113_Giurfa http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00298549_v89_n1_p113_Giurfa
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topic	Foraging behaviour Foraging efficiency Honeybee Movement pattern Scent-mark bee foraging behaviour honeybee scent marking Apis mellifera ligustica
spellingShingle	Foraging behaviour Foraging efficiency Honeybee Movement pattern Scent-mark bee foraging behaviour honeybee scent marking Apis mellifera ligustica Giurfa, Martín Núñez, Josué Antonio Honeybees mark with scent and reject recently visited flowers
topic_facet	Foraging behaviour Foraging efficiency Honeybee Movement pattern Scent-mark bee foraging behaviour honeybee scent marking Apis mellifera ligustica
description	Experimental evidence is reported for flower-marking by honeybees (Apis mellifera ligustica) while they were foraging on an artificial patch of flowers yielding a continuous and equal flow of sucrose solution. Honeybees marked with scent and rejected all recently visited and nectar-depleted flowers. The short fade-out time of this scent allowed discrimination of flowers that temporarily provided no food. The repellent nature of this scent mark was demonstrated by the use of an air extractor connected to the patch; when the apparatus was turned on, the rejection behaviour disappeared. The movement pattern of foraging bees also contributed to foraging efficiency, as the probability of an immediate return to the flower just abandoned was very low. However, when a quick repeat visit took place, the presence of the repellent scent-mark promoted rapid rejection. © 1992 Springer-Verlag.
author	Giurfa, Martín Núñez, Josué Antonio
author_facet	Giurfa, Martín Núñez, Josué Antonio
author_sort	Giurfa, Martín
title	Honeybees mark with scent and reject recently visited flowers
title_short	Honeybees mark with scent and reject recently visited flowers
title_full	Honeybees mark with scent and reject recently visited flowers
title_fullStr	Honeybees mark with scent and reject recently visited flowers
title_full_unstemmed	Honeybees mark with scent and reject recently visited flowers
title_sort	honeybees mark with scent and reject recently visited flowers
publishDate	1992
url	https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00298549_v89_n1_p113_Giurfa http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00298549_v89_n1_p113_Giurfa
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Honeybees mark with scent and reject recently visited flowers

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