Trophallaxis within the dancing context: A behavioral and thermographic analysis in honeybees (Apis mellifera)

Honeybee workers that follow a dancing bee within the hive may contact its mouthparts to receive a food sample. It is currently unknown which proportion of begging bees actually receive food samples via trophallaxis from a dancer. We combined behavioral and thermographic recordings to analyze tropha...

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Autores principales: Farina, W.M., Wainselboim, A.J.
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Apis mellifera
Dance
Honeybee
Thermography
Trophallaxis
behavior
honeybee
trophallaxis
Apoidea
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00448435_v36_n1_p43_Farina
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spelling todo:paper_00448435_v36_n1_p43_Farina2023-10-03T14:51:44Z Trophallaxis within the dancing context: A behavioral and thermographic analysis in honeybees (Apis mellifera) Farina, W.M. Wainselboim, A.J. Apis mellifera Dance Honeybee Thermography Trophallaxis behavior honeybee trophallaxis Apis mellifera Apoidea Honeybee workers that follow a dancing bee within the hive may contact its mouthparts to receive a food sample. It is currently unknown which proportion of begging bees actually receive food samples via trophallaxis from a dancer. We combined behavioral and thermographic recordings to analyze trophallactic behavior considering the informational context in which these interactions occurred. Dance followers engaged in shorter oral contacts and achieved a lower proportion of effective receptions (26%) than non-followers (58%). These results show that oral contacts often occur between dancers and followers, but their brief duration suggests that followers may just probe the incoming nectar. However, short contacts might allow unemployed nectar foragers either to taste or smell (or both) the solution exposed between the dancer's mandibles, which may contribute to the acquisition of information involved in the decision to visit that food source. © INRA/DIB-AGIB/ EDP Sciences, 2005. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00448435_v36_n1_p43_Farina
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topic Apis mellifera
Dance
Honeybee
Thermography
Trophallaxis
behavior
honeybee
trophallaxis
Apis mellifera
Apoidea
spellingShingle Apis mellifera
Dance
Honeybee
Thermography
Trophallaxis
behavior
honeybee
trophallaxis
Apis mellifera
Apoidea
Farina, W.M.
Wainselboim, A.J.
Trophallaxis within the dancing context: A behavioral and thermographic analysis in honeybees (Apis mellifera)
topic_facet Apis mellifera
Dance
Honeybee
Thermography
Trophallaxis
behavior
honeybee
trophallaxis
Apis mellifera
Apoidea
description Honeybee workers that follow a dancing bee within the hive may contact its mouthparts to receive a food sample. It is currently unknown which proportion of begging bees actually receive food samples via trophallaxis from a dancer. We combined behavioral and thermographic recordings to analyze trophallactic behavior considering the informational context in which these interactions occurred. Dance followers engaged in shorter oral contacts and achieved a lower proportion of effective receptions (26%) than non-followers (58%). These results show that oral contacts often occur between dancers and followers, but their brief duration suggests that followers may just probe the incoming nectar. However, short contacts might allow unemployed nectar foragers either to taste or smell (or both) the solution exposed between the dancer's mandibles, which may contribute to the acquisition of information involved in the decision to visit that food source. © INRA/DIB-AGIB/ EDP Sciences, 2005.
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author Farina, W.M.
Wainselboim, A.J.
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Wainselboim, A.J.
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title Trophallaxis within the dancing context: A behavioral and thermographic analysis in honeybees (Apis mellifera)
title_short Trophallaxis within the dancing context: A behavioral and thermographic analysis in honeybees (Apis mellifera)
title_full Trophallaxis within the dancing context: A behavioral and thermographic analysis in honeybees (Apis mellifera)
title_fullStr Trophallaxis within the dancing context: A behavioral and thermographic analysis in honeybees (Apis mellifera)
title_full_unstemmed Trophallaxis within the dancing context: A behavioral and thermographic analysis in honeybees (Apis mellifera)
title_sort trophallaxis within the dancing context: a behavioral and thermographic analysis in honeybees (apis mellifera)
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00448435_v36_n1_p43_Farina
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