Trophallactic chains in honeybees: A quantitative approach of the nectar circulation amongst workers
In honeybees, the rate at which a nectar forager unloads its crop to a receiver is positively correlated with the reward conditions the forager has recently experienced outside the hive. Food-receiver bees often share the nectar they have received with hive mates. A quantitative analysis of two cons...
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paper:paper_00448435_v36_n4_p595_Goyret2023-06-08T15:05:06Z Trophallactic chains in honeybees: A quantitative approach of the nectar circulation amongst workers Apis mellifera Communication Trophallaxis Unloading rate honeybee Apis mellifera Apoidea In honeybees, the rate at which a nectar forager unloads its crop to a receiver is positively correlated with the reward conditions the forager has recently experienced outside the hive. Food-receiver bees often share the nectar they have received with hive mates. A quantitative analysis of two consecutive trophallactic events was done in experimental arenas to determine if the food-transfer behavior of a food-receiver as she distributes nectar to her hive mates is affected by her prior trophallactic experience with a donor forager. We found that the rate at which a receiver unloads nectar to another receiver is positively correlated with the rate at which she received it from a food donor, suggesting that it is possible to propagate, through individual-to-individual interactions, information about quantitative aspects of the liquid food circulating among worker honeybees. © INRA/DIB-AGIB/ EDP Sciences, 2005. 2005 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00448435_v36_n4_p595_Goyret http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00448435_v36_n4_p595_Goyret |
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Apis mellifera Communication Trophallaxis Unloading rate honeybee Apis mellifera Apoidea |
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Apis mellifera Communication Trophallaxis Unloading rate honeybee Apis mellifera Apoidea Trophallactic chains in honeybees: A quantitative approach of the nectar circulation amongst workers |
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Apis mellifera Communication Trophallaxis Unloading rate honeybee Apis mellifera Apoidea |
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In honeybees, the rate at which a nectar forager unloads its crop to a receiver is positively correlated with the reward conditions the forager has recently experienced outside the hive. Food-receiver bees often share the nectar they have received with hive mates. A quantitative analysis of two consecutive trophallactic events was done in experimental arenas to determine if the food-transfer behavior of a food-receiver as she distributes nectar to her hive mates is affected by her prior trophallactic experience with a donor forager. We found that the rate at which a receiver unloads nectar to another receiver is positively correlated with the rate at which she received it from a food donor, suggesting that it is possible to propagate, through individual-to-individual interactions, information about quantitative aspects of the liquid food circulating among worker honeybees. © INRA/DIB-AGIB/ EDP Sciences, 2005. |
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Trophallactic chains in honeybees: A quantitative approach of the nectar circulation amongst workers |
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Trophallactic chains in honeybees: A quantitative approach of the nectar circulation amongst workers |
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Trophallactic chains in honeybees: A quantitative approach of the nectar circulation amongst workers |
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Trophallactic chains in honeybees: A quantitative approach of the nectar circulation amongst workers |
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Trophallactic chains in honeybees: A quantitative approach of the nectar circulation amongst workers |
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trophallactic chains in honeybees: a quantitative approach of the nectar circulation amongst workers |
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2005 |
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https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00448435_v36_n4_p595_Goyret http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00448435_v36_n4_p595_Goyret |
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