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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Autores principales: Goyret, J., Farina, W.M.
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Apis mellifera
Communication
Trophallaxis
Unloading rate
honeybee
Apoidea
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00448435_v36_n4_p595_Goyret
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spelling todo:paper_00448435_v36_n4_p595_Goyret2023-10-03T14:51:45Z Trophallactic chains in honeybees: A quantitative approach of the nectar circulation amongst workers Goyret, J. Farina, W.M. 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. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00448435_v36_n4_p595_Goyret
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topic Apis mellifera
Communication
Trophallaxis
Unloading rate
honeybee
Apis mellifera
Apoidea
spellingShingle Apis mellifera
Communication
Trophallaxis
Unloading rate
honeybee
Apis mellifera
Apoidea
Goyret, J.
Farina, W.M.
Trophallactic chains in honeybees: A quantitative approach of the nectar circulation amongst workers
topic_facet Apis mellifera
Communication
Trophallaxis
Unloading rate
honeybee
Apis mellifera
Apoidea
description 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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author Goyret, J.
Farina, W.M.
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Farina, W.M.
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title Trophallactic chains in honeybees: A quantitative approach of the nectar circulation amongst workers
title_short Trophallactic chains in honeybees: A quantitative approach of the nectar circulation amongst workers
title_full Trophallactic chains in honeybees: A quantitative approach of the nectar circulation amongst workers
title_fullStr Trophallactic chains in honeybees: A quantitative approach of the nectar circulation amongst workers
title_full_unstemmed Trophallactic chains in honeybees: A quantitative approach of the nectar circulation amongst workers
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