Observation system for the control of the hive environment by the honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Ohashi, Mizue; Okada, Ryuichi; Kimura, Tsuyoshi; Ikeno, Hidetoshi

doi:10.3758/brm.41.3.782

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“…However, the minimum temperature values are always higher than outside. This study supports the conclusion that the presence of honey bees in the previous studies (Simpson 1961;Ohashi et al 2008) on thermoregulation of honey bees increases the internal temperature of the active hive. This study, in a study, conducted to investigate the effect of honey bee colonies in wooden and foam hive, supported the conclusion that the internal temperature of the hive in cold weather is higher than the outside temperature.…”

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Comparison of colony performances of honeybee (Apis Mellifera L.) housed in hives made of different materials

Erdoğan

2019

Italian Journal of Animal Science

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Numerous flowering plants rely on bees for pollination. Any natural or anthropogenic factor that threatens colony survival can have a large impact on plant production. This study investigates the effects of manmade hives built from different materials and how these may influence colony growth. Ten each of three hive types were selected, wooden, polystyrene and composite insulated hives. Factors of adult bee numbers, brood development, nectar flow period weight gain, bee flight activity, aggression response, and honey yield were selected markers of hive development. Statistically, each hive type produced significant variation (p < .05). The greatest overall productivity across all factors was for insulated hives made of composite material, with honey production approximately 35% times that of wood, 14% times that of polystyrene and in terms of the development of honeybee colonies, the average of other hives is 10.2 times. HIGHLIGHTS Relative humidity and temperature are important environmental factors for honeybees. Insulated hives, increased honey yield. High temperature and humidity inside the hive made honeybees more aggressive.

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Comparison of colony performances of honeybee (Apis Mellifera L.) housed in hives made of different materials

Erdoğan

2019

Italian Journal of Animal Science

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“…Honeybee colonies are tightly thermoregulated, specifically in the brood area [46,47], and in controlled experiments minimal temperature oscillations of 8-10 8C were needed to entrain circadian rhythms in bees [42,43,48]. Other surrogates of bee activity such as humidity, CO 2 levels [49], volatile pheromones or comb vibrations may drive a similar selforganization of circadian rhythms. Additional studies are needed to further test this interesting model.…”

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Socially synchronized circadian oscillators

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Daily rhythms of physiology and behaviour are governed by an endogenous timekeeping mechanism (a circadian 'clock'). The alternation of environmental light and darkness synchronizes (entrains) these rhythms to the natural day-night cycle, and underlying mechanisms have been investigated using singly housed animals in the laboratory. But, most species ordinarily would not live out their lives in such seclusion; in their natural habitats, they interact with other individuals, and some live in colonies with highly developed social structures requiring temporal synchronization. Social cues may thus be critical to the adaptive function of the circadian system, but elucidating their role and the responsible mechanisms has proven elusive. Here, we highlight three model systems that are now being applied to understanding the biology of socially synchronized circadian oscillators: the fruitfly, with its powerful array of molecular genetic tools; the honeybee, with its complex natural society and clear division of labour; and, at a different level of biological organization, the rodent suprachiasmatic nucleus, site of the brain's circadian clock, with its network of mutually coupled single-cell oscillators. Analyses at the 'group' level of circadian organization will likely generate a more complex, but ultimately more comprehensive, view of clocks and rhythms and their contribution to fitness in nature.

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“…Altun (2012) developed a solar-powered system to control temperature and humidity within the beehives to provide the bees with optimal conditions. Other changes have been made to standard beehives for other purposes, such as changes to facilitate honey bee feeding (AbouShaara, 2011), for controlling small hive beetles (Ellis et al, 2003), to facilitate the collection of honey bee eggs (Omholt et al, 1995), for monitoring colony environments via large controlled containers (Ohashi et al, 2008), or the use of two-frame observation hives. A glass box and wooden frame (Ohashi et al, 2009) enable the monitoring of honey bee activities in such hives (Meitalovs et al, 2009).…”

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