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Self-organization of circadian rhythms in groups of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)
Authors:Robin F A Moritz  Per Kryger
Institution:(1) Institut für Biologie, Technische Universität Berlin, Franklinstr. 28/29, D-10587 Berlin, Germany
Abstract:Workers in social groups of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) synchronize their individual free-running circadian rhythms to an overall group rhythm. By monitoring the activity of bees by recording the oxygen consumption and intragroup temperature, it is shown that the rhythm coordination is in part achieved by temperature fluctuations as an intragroup Zeitgeber. Trophallaxis was shown to have only a minor (if any) effect on circadian rhythm synchronization. A model incorporating a feed back loop between temperature and activity can plausibly explain the observed synchronization of individual rhythms in social groups as a self-organization phenomenon. Correspondence to: R.F.A. Moritz
Keywords:Apis mellifera  Circadian rhythm  Synchronization  Temperature  Zeitgeber
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