کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2417591 1104323 2009 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
High bee traffic disrupts transfer of directional information in flying honeybee swarms
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
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High bee traffic disrupts transfer of directional information in flying honeybee swarms
چکیده انگلیسی

When honeybee, Apis mellifera, swarms lift off to fly to their new nest site, only a small proportion of individuals know the location of the new site, yet these few individuals must guide the entire swarm to the correct place. How do scouts transfer directional information to their swarm-mates? The vision hypothesis proposes that scout bees fly rapidly through swarms ‘pointing’ in the direction of travel. We examined the vision hypothesis by exposing flying swarms to a large number of fast-moving bees headed in the wrong direction. These bees mimicked scouts and created conflicting directional information. Swarms that were exposed to conflicting information from fast-moving bees showed clear evidence of disrupted guidance including splitting and failure to reach the nestbox. We discuss the implications of our findings for hypotheses about the mechanisms of swarm guidance, and for our knowledge of how collectively moving groups deal with conflicting information.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Animal Behaviour - Volume 78, Issue 1, July 2009, Pages 117–121
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