The interplay between dancing and trophallactic behavior in the honey bee Apis mellifera

The interplay between the recruitment dance and food-giving trophallactic contacts of returning Apis mellifera foragers was analyzed. Dancing and trophallactic events were recorded for bees returning from a rate feeder that provided 50% weight on weight sucrose solution at a constant flow rate of 5...

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Autor principal:	Farina, W.M.
Formato:	JOUR
Materias:	Apis mellifera Dance behavior Honey bee Nectar foraging Trophallaxis Animalia Apoidea
Acceso en línea:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03407594_v186_n3_p239_Farina
Aporte de:	Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires

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spelling	todo:paper_03407594_v186_n3_p239_Farina2023-10-03T15:25:57Z The interplay between dancing and trophallactic behavior in the honey bee Apis mellifera Farina, W.M. Apis mellifera Dance behavior Honey bee Nectar foraging Trophallaxis Animalia Apis mellifera Apis mellifera Apoidea The interplay between the recruitment dance and food-giving trophallactic contacts of returning Apis mellifera foragers was analyzed. Dancing and trophallactic events were recorded for bees returning from a rate feeder that provided 50% weight on weight sucrose solution at a constant flow rate of 5 μl min-1. Bees that had danced immediately before their trophallactic contact had more recipients per trophallaxis compared with bees that did not dance before. Thus, besides information coded in dancing behavior, dance maneuvers could serve as a stimulus to increase attention of bees located on the dance floor to receive nectar. In addition, the number of bees receiving food during a trophallaxis showed a positive correlation with the probability of dancing immediately after contacting. The time from arrival at the hive to when the first or the subsequent contacts took place presented no correlation with the probability of dancing after trophallaxis. Also, the duration of a trophallaxis was positively correlated with the number of recipients per trophallaxis. These results suggest that returning foragers could receive information during a trophallactic contact with their hive mates that modify thresholds for dancing. Dance maneuvers and trophallactic contacts performed by foraging bees seem to be 'mutually' affected. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03407594_v186_n3_p239_Farina
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topic	Apis mellifera Dance behavior Honey bee Nectar foraging Trophallaxis Animalia Apis mellifera Apis mellifera Apoidea
spellingShingle	Apis mellifera Dance behavior Honey bee Nectar foraging Trophallaxis Animalia Apis mellifera Apis mellifera Apoidea Farina, W.M. The interplay between dancing and trophallactic behavior in the honey bee Apis mellifera
topic_facet	Apis mellifera Dance behavior Honey bee Nectar foraging Trophallaxis Animalia Apis mellifera Apis mellifera Apoidea
description	The interplay between the recruitment dance and food-giving trophallactic contacts of returning Apis mellifera foragers was analyzed. Dancing and trophallactic events were recorded for bees returning from a rate feeder that provided 50% weight on weight sucrose solution at a constant flow rate of 5 μl min-1. Bees that had danced immediately before their trophallactic contact had more recipients per trophallaxis compared with bees that did not dance before. Thus, besides information coded in dancing behavior, dance maneuvers could serve as a stimulus to increase attention of bees located on the dance floor to receive nectar. In addition, the number of bees receiving food during a trophallaxis showed a positive correlation with the probability of dancing immediately after contacting. The time from arrival at the hive to when the first or the subsequent contacts took place presented no correlation with the probability of dancing after trophallaxis. Also, the duration of a trophallaxis was positively correlated with the number of recipients per trophallaxis. These results suggest that returning foragers could receive information during a trophallactic contact with their hive mates that modify thresholds for dancing. Dance maneuvers and trophallactic contacts performed by foraging bees seem to be 'mutually' affected.
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title	The interplay between dancing and trophallactic behavior in the honey bee Apis mellifera
title_short	The interplay between dancing and trophallactic behavior in the honey bee Apis mellifera
title_full	The interplay between dancing and trophallactic behavior in the honey bee Apis mellifera
title_fullStr	The interplay between dancing and trophallactic behavior in the honey bee Apis mellifera
title_full_unstemmed	The interplay between dancing and trophallactic behavior in the honey bee Apis mellifera
title_sort	interplay between dancing and trophallactic behavior in the honey bee apis mellifera
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The interplay between dancing and trophallactic behavior in the honey bee Apis mellifera

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