Does the waggle dance help honey bees to forage at greater distances than expected for their body size? [PDF]
, 2015 A honey bee colony has been likened to an oil company. Some members of the company or colony prospect for valuable liquid resources. When these are discovered other group members can be recruited to exploit the resource. The recruitment of nestmates to a
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The Modified Pharaoh Approach: Stingless bees mummify beetle parasites alive [PDF]
, 2008 Social insect colonies usually live in nests, which are often invaded by parasitic species^1^. Workers from these colonies use different defence strategies to combat invaders^1^.
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The diversity of honey bee and entrance characteristics of stingless bees nests at a meliponiculture in Batu Gadang, West Sumatra [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesHoney bees, consist of true honey bee bees and stingless bees, are common in Indonesia. This study aimed to do the inventory on honey bee species as well as to study the entrance characteristics of stingless bee nests that exist at the meliponiculture in
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Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2022 Insect pollination has been reported to have a better yield quality and quantity than artificial pollination. Wild bees, including stingless bees contribute to effective and efficient pollination on okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.: Malvaceae).
Kartika Marta Djakaria +2 more
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Waste management in the stingless bee Melipona beecheii Bennett (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [PDF]
, 2014 Waste management is important in insect societies because waste can be hazardous to adults, brood and food stores. The general organization of waste management and the influence of task partitioning, division of labor and age polyethism on waste ...
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Congregation Sites and Sleeping Roost of Male Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
Sociobiology, 2014 Very little is known about stingless bee reproductive biology or male behaviour. In this note we provide the first observations on the male aggregations (congregation sites and roosting sites) of some stingless bee species.
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Information flow and regulation of foraging activity in bumble bees (Bombus spp.) [PDF]
, 2004 Publisher version: http://www.apidologie ...
Chittka, L, Dornhaus, A
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The Waggle Dance as an Intended Flight: A Cognitive Perspective [PDF]
, 2019 The notion of the waggle dance simulating a flight towards a goal in a walking pattern has been proposed in the context of evolutionary considerations. Behavioral components, like its arousing effect on the social community, the attention of hive mates ...
Menzel, Randolf
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Studies of the biological and therapeutic effects of argentine stingless bee propolis [PDF]
, 2018 Meliponids are native bees of the Americas, characterized by having no sting (ANSA). Some live in the Yunga forests of northern Argentina, a place rich in a diversity of this type of bees of which at least thirty-three species may be found. Propolis is a
Brodkiewicz, Ivana Yanina +5 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Stingless bees are major flower visitors in the tropics, but their foraging preferences and behavior are still poorly understood. Studying stingless bee interactions with angiosperms is methodologically challenging due to the high tropical plant ...
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