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Raeymaekers B 《Environmental monitoring and assessment》2006,116(1-3):233-243
In order to establish a monitoring method to track long term changes of the amount of anthropogenic contamination in a district
of Bavaria (Germany), a biomonitoring campaign with honey bees was performed in spring 2002. Expected anomalies from the industry
or from residential areas in the sampled district could not be detected. An anomaly over a considerable part of the sampling
area correlating with other phenomena lead to the hypothesis of a prehistoric cosmic impact. Moreover a principal component
analysis of the data showed evidence for a biogenic, an anthropogenic and an unknown component hypothetically related to a
possible cosmic impact. 相似文献
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James C. Nieh 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1998,43(2):133-145
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James C. Nieh 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1998,43(1):47-58
Melipona panamica foragers can deposit a scent beacon that influences the orientation of foragers near a food source. In misdirection experiments,
newcomers (bees from the same colony as trained foragers) consistently preferred the feeder at which trained foragers had
fed (training feeder) over an identical feeder at which bees had never fed (control feeder) even when the training feeder
was placed at a site where experienced foragers had never foraged. Through similar misdirection experiments, the effective
radius of the scent beacon was determined to be greater than 6 and less than 12 m. Foragers may deposit this beacon during
a sequence of departure behaviors performed at the feeder. Prior to leaving the feeder with a load of sugar solution, bees
tended to perform the following sequence of behaviors: (1) spinning, (2) grooming, (3) abdomen dragging, (4) excreting anal
droplets, and (5) producing sounds, although not all behaviors were performed prior to each departure or at all sucrose concentrations
(0.5–2.5 m). As sucrose concentration increased, the number of newcomers significantly increased, and the number of experienced foragers
producing sounds and spinning on the feeder increased. The exact source of the scent beacon remains a mystery. However, three
important sources have been excluded. When choosing between identical paired feeders, foragers were not attracted to the feeders
with (1) anal droplets, (2) extracts of sucrose solution at which foragers had fed, or (3) mandibular gland extracts. They
were indifferent to the first two preparations and exhibited only typical alarm behavior towards the mandibular gland (MG)
extract: they oriented towards the feeder with MG extract but consistently landed on the feeder with no MG extract. Other
authors have suggested that Melipona foragers deposit anal droplets to attract recruits, however the frequency of anal droplet production and the mass of anal
droplets produced by M. panamica foragers are negatively correlated with sucrose concentration. Thus the scent beacon is evidently not deposited with anal
droplets, infused into the feeder solution, or produced by mandibular glands.
Received: 2 September 1997 / Accepted after revision: 30 January 1998 相似文献
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An individual-oriented model is constructed which simulates the collective foraging behaviour of a colony of honey-bees,
Apis mellifera. Each bee follows the same set of behavioural rules. Each rule consists of a set of conditions followed by the behavioural
act to be performed if the conditions are fulfilled. The set of conditions comprises the state of external information available
to the bee (e.g. the dancing of other bees) and internal information variables (like memorised location of a food source and
homing motivation). The rules are partly observational (i.e. they capture the observable regularities between the present
external information and the individual bee's behaviour), and partly involve hypothesised internal-state variables (e.g. abandoning
tendency and homing motivation), because no observable (physiological) aspect has as yet been detected in the bee which correlates
with changes in the internal motivation. Our aim is to obtain a set of rules that is necessary and sufficient for the generation
of the collective foraging behaviour observed in real bees. We simulated an experiment performed by Seeley et al. in which
a colony of honey-bees chooses between two nectar sources of different profitabilities which are switched at intervals. A
good fit between observed and simulated collective forager patterns was obtained when the model included rules in which the
bees (1) relied on the information acquired from previous flights to a source (e.g. profitability and time of day when the
source was found), (2) used positional information obtained by attending recruitment dances and (3) did not abandon a (temporarily)
deteriorated source too fast or too slowly. The significance of the following issues is discussed: the role of internal and
external information, source profitability, the spatial precision of the dance communication, the ability to search for a
source after the source position has been transmitted, the tendency to abandon a deteriorated source, and the concepts of
scout, recruit, (un)employed forager, and foraging history.
Received: 26 January 1998 / Accepted after revision: 16 May 1998 相似文献
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Bees are important pollinators for many flowering plants. Female bees are thought to be more effective pollinators than male
bees because they carry much more pollen than males. Males of some solitary bee species are known to patrol near flowers that
females visit. Because patrolling males visit flowers to mate or defend their territories, they may function as pollinators.
However, the significance of patrolling males to pollination has not been studied. We studied males of a solitary bee, Heriades fulvohispidus (Megachilidae), patrolling near flowers and visiting flowers that attracted nectar-feeding insects, including conspecifics,
on the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands. To test the hypothesis that patrolling male bees may function as pollen vectors, we compared
the frequency of visits by H. fulvohispidus to flowers of an endemic plant, Schima mertensiana (Theaceae); comparisons were made among flowers with a dead H. fulvohispidus, a dead beetle, a piece of plastic, and nothing (control flowers). Patrolling H. fulvohispidus more frequently visited flowers with a dead conspecific, a dead beetle, or a piece of plastic than the control flowers. Our
experiment demonstrates that nectar-feeding insects (including conspecifics and other insects) enhance the flower-visiting
frequency of patrolling H. fulvohispidus males on S. mertensiana flowers. Furthermore, we observed S. mertensiana pollen on patrolling males as well as females, suggesting that male bees may also function as pollen vectors. 相似文献
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TAYLOR H. RICKETTS 《Conservation biology》2004,18(5):1262-1271
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Division of labor between undertaker specialists and other middle-aged workers in honey bee colonies
Stephen T. Trumbo Zhi-Yong Huang Gene E. Robinson 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1997,41(3):151-163
A primary determinant of colony organization in temporally polyethic insect societies is inter-individual variation in behavior
that is independent of worker age. We examined behavioral repertoires, behavioral correlates of adult development, and spatial
distributions within the hive to explore the mechanisms that produce behavioral variation among middle-age honey bees (Apis mellifera). Individually labeled undertakers, guards, food storers, and wax workers exhibited a broad range of task-related behavior,
but bees tagged as undertakers were more likely to subsequently remove a corpse from the hive and handle a corpse compared
to other middle-aged bees. The activity level of undertakers was similar to other task groups, suggesting that undertaking
specialists were neither hyper-active “elites” nor quiescent “reserves” that become active only when a dead bee stimulus is
present. Undertakers also were more likely to remove debris and to remain in the lower region of the hive or near the entrance,
even when not engaged in corpse removal; both preferences may promote colony efficiency by reducing inter-task travel times.
Guards and undertakers were less likely to perform behavior normally associated with young bees compared to food storers and
wax workers. Undertakers and guards also initiated foraging at earlier ages than the other task groups. These results suggest
that undertakers and guards may be slightly developmentally advanced compared to food storers and wax workers. There also
was evidence for lifetime differences in behavioral preferences which could not be explained by differences in adult development.
Bees tagged as undertakers were more likely to subsequently remove a dead bee during their entire pre-foraging career compared
to other task groups or members of their general age cohort. Differences in both the rate of adult development and individual
behavioral preferences, both of which may be subject to genetic and environmental influences, are important determinants of
inter-individual variation among honey bees of middle age.
Received: 5 February 1997 / Accepted after revision: 27 May 1997 相似文献
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Joanna P. Y. Chan Pei Rong Lau Ai Jie Tham Daiqin Li 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2008,62(5):639-646
In experiments that comprised of three phases (fight, choice, and mating) under “seen” and “unseen” conditions, we examined
the effects of the outcomes of male–male contests and female eavesdropping on female mate choice and male mating success in
the fighting spider, Thiania bhamoensis (Salticidae). The results revealed female eavesdropping on agonistic interactions. Females that had watched an aggressive
interaction showed no distinctive preference for the winner over the loser, but they preferred the loser when they had not
observed a fight. Winners, however, achieved a greater mating success than did losers during the mating phase. Gaining access
to females was based on the insistence of the winners in courtship in terms of the number of quivers, rather than on the fighting
behavior of the males. Hence, the outcome of male–male contests may not be an important determinant of a male’s mating success
in T. bhamoensis. Instead, courtship display plays an important role in determining the success of male mating in this species. This study
also suggests that female mate preference may not be a good indicator of eventual female mate choice and male mating success.
Thus, a causal relationship between female mate preference and male mating success cannot be inferred.
Joanna P. Y. Chan, Pei Rong Lau, and Ai Jie Tham contributed equally. 相似文献
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Yutaka Saito Anthony R. Chittenden Kotaro Mori Katsura Ito Atsushi Yamauchi 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2008,63(1):33-42
The number of nests containing egg masses a female makes over her lifetime and the pattern of scattering nests vary among
species in a genus of nest-weaving spider mites (Stigmaeopsis). We hypothesized that the scattered nests of small nest builders have a previously overlooked indirect effect in that the
void nests created after predation take on a new role as hindering devices that effectively decrease predator searching efficiency.
First, we demonstrated that the experimental design used in this study is a good reflection of the nest distribution pattern
of Stigmaeopsis takahashii (an intermediate-sized nest builder) in the field. Using this species as a model, we tested how different nest-scattering
patterns affect the predator to examine how scattering may indirectly provide an anti-predation strategy by increasing a predators
searching time. Next, we observed how artificially arranged void nests disturb predatory behavior in both starved and fully
fed predator females and showed that void nests have a strong hindering effect on predators. Thus, we concluded that the nesting
behavior of this mite species not only has anti-predator effects but must also have a stabilizing effect on predator–prey
interaction systems at the population level. 相似文献
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Timekeeping in the honey bee colony: integration of circadian rhythms and division of labor 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Darrell Moore Jennifer E. Angel Iain M. Cheeseman Susan E. Fahrbach Gene E. Robinson 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1998,43(3):147-160
The daily patterns of task performance in honey bee colonies during behavioral development were studied to determine the
role of circadian rhythmicity in age-related division of labor. Although it is well known that foragers exhibit robust circadian
patterns of activity in both field and laboratory settings, we report that many in-hive tasks are not allocated according
to a daily rhythm but rather are performed 24 h per day. Around-the-clock activity at the colony level is accomplished through
the performance of some tasks by individual workers randomly with respect to time of day. Bees are initially arrhythmic with
respect to task performance but develop diel rhythmicity, by increasing the occurrence of inactivity at night, prior to becoming
foragers. There are genotypic differences for age at onset of rhythmicity and our results suggest that these differences are
correlated with genotypic variation in rate of behavioral development: genotypes of bees that progressed through the age polyethism
schedule faster also acquired behavioral rhythmicity at an earlier age. The ontogeny of circadian rhythmicity in honey bee
workers ensures that essential in-hive behaviors are performed around the clock but also allows the circadian clock to be
engaged before the onset of foraging.
Received: 6 October 1997 / Accepted after revision: 28 March 1998 相似文献