More than 10, 000 years ago, stone-age man already knew of the delights of honey, and was wary enough of the bee's aggressive behavior that he protected himself with smoke, as can be seen in the impressive cave paintings of Arana near Bicorp (Valencia, Spain). The Ancient Greeks and ...
HONEY BEES Because they can maintain a close relationship with humans, the behavior of honey bees has been well-researched. Honey bees live in well-organized colonies and do not require hibernation. They are best known for their production of honey, which they store in wax combs inside nests....
(relating to heat) behavior of honeybees in winter have depended on observing the bees or controlling the outside temperature," adds Martin Stefanec of the University of Graz.Now, scientists have developed a robotic system that can be built into a standard honeybee hive ( a box for bees to...
Aethina tumida was the only beetle regularly found hiding (inaccessible to the bees) around the perimeter of the colony rather than leaving the nest. The data suggest that, despite a heightened defensive response by bees toward A. tumida at the nest entrance, this highly integrated ...
We performed two experiments to determine 1) the behavior of European honey bee guards (Apis mellifera) toward beetle invaders exhibiting various levels of integration and 2) the behavior of the beetle invaders after entering the nest. In the first experiment, we used 5 species of nitidulid beet...
Apis mellifera, better known as honey bee, is one of the most familiar insects in the world. This member of the insect order Hymenoptera plays a key role in the human and natural world. Honeybees are social insects. In the wild, they create elaborate nests called hives, containing up to...
The altruistic behavior of honey bees provides an interesting contrast to natural selection in evolutionary biology. This is biomimicked in the framework of a multiobjective optimization algorithm, namely, genetic algorithm. GA, by exploiting the concept of elitism (preserving good parents). The effec...
This behavior, performed by bees 15–20 days old and prior to foraging, is likely mediated by olfactory cues. Because the neuromodulator octopamine (OA) plays a pivotal role in olfactory‐based behaviors of honey bees, we examined whether bees bred for hygienic and nonhygienic behavior differed...
The Behavior of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera ligustica) during Queen Duels Conflict is rare among the members of a highly cooperative society such as a honey bee colony. However, conflict within a colony increases drastically duri... DC Gilley - 《Ethology》 被引量: 101发表: 2001年 Behavioral...
The aim of this study was to analyze the behavior of the honey bees visiting the flowers of apple trees of the Cripps Pink and Red Chief varieties. In both plantations, it was observed that bees prefer to collect pollen in the morning and nectar in the afternoon. Bees collecting only ...