Ein Beitrag zur Frage der Arbeitsteilung im Bienenstaat

Lindauer, Martin

doi:10.1007/bf00298048

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“…Due to the age polyethism that is partially responsible for differentiation of tasks within a colony, hygropreference of social insects could vary according to age. Workers of 3 and 6 days old are normally involved in cell cleaning and brood tending respectively (Lindauer, 1952) and these age groups may respond differently to a humidity gradient. Freshly emerged workers from a single colony were therefore maintained in hoarding cages for 3 or 6 days and then tested for hygropreference (N = 8 colonies tested per age) to determine whether age influences worker behaviour in a humidity gradient.…”

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Hygropreference and brood care in the honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Ellis

Nicolson

Crewe

et al. 2008

Journal of Insect Physiology

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Section: Experimental Animals and Rearing Conditionsmentioning

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“…Since 6-day-old workers are more likely to perform tasks related to brood care (Lindauer, 1952), we did not test the hygropreference of 3-day-old workers in the presence of brood. We monitored the behaviour of 6-day-old workers exposed to eggs and larvae.…”

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Hygropreference and brood care in the honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Ellis

Nicolson

Crewe

et al. 2008

Journal of Insect Physiology

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“…They start with the cleaning of cells when they are just emerged, continue with the nursing of brood and later are responsible for the storing of nectar and pollen. The most dangerous task, foraging, is undertaken by the oldest bees in the colony (Rösch, 1925(Rösch, ,1930Lindauer, of certain ages do typically exhibit consistent sets of tasks. The temporal changes in labour activities of the workers correlate to the spatial shift from the central broodnest to the outside of the hive (Sakagami, 1953;Seeley, 1982).…”

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Short-term effect of different weather conditions upon the behaviour of forager and nurse honey bees (Apis mellifera carnica Pollmann)

Riessberger

Crailsheim

1997

Apidologie

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Summary — Nurses and foragers were observed around noon and around midnight during good and bad weather conditions. Foragers were very busy on sunny days with almost no periods of inactivity. More than 60% of the observation period around noon they spent outside the hive. When foragers were prevented from flight by the lack of light or by bad weather, they showed long periods that were defined as unproductive and trophallactic contacts were reduced. Nurses aged 7-9 days showed a less pronounced behavioural difference between day and night but were highly sensitive to weather alterations. They spent less than half of the time nursing the brood during bad weather conditions compared to good weather conditions, although there was no lack of pollen and honey in the colony. The same tendency was observed in other nurse-related activities. They were less often fed by other bees during days with bad weather conditions than during days with good weather conditions. These dramatic changes in behaviour could be observed even on the first day of rain. We presume that the decline of activity is at least partly caused by the diminishing flow of food within a colony.social behaviour / division of labour / weather / day and night INTRODUCTION

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“…Navigating animals explore the environment for safe return to an important place (e.g., a nest site) and to travel between places [4]. Flying central-place foragers like honeybees (Apis mellifera) extend their exploration into distances from which the features of the nest cannot be directly perceived [5][6][7][8][9][10]. Bees perform short-range and long-range orientations flights.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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