Behavioral and life-history components of division of labor in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)
In: Behavioral ecology and sociobiology (Print), Jg. 34 (1994), Heft 6, S. 409-417
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Variability exists among worker honey bees for components of division of labor. These components are of two types, those that affect foraging behavior and those that affect life-history characteristics of workers. Variable foraging behavior components are: the probability that foraging workers collect (1) pollen only; (2) nectar only; and (3) pollen and nectar on the same trip. Life history components are: (1) the age the workers initiate foraging behavior; (2) the length of the foraging life of a worker; and (3) worker length of life. We show how these components may interact to change the social organization of honey bee colonies and the lifetime foraging productivity of individual workers. Selection acting on foraging behavior components may result in changes in the proportion of workers collecting pollen and nectar.
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Behavioral and life-history components of division of labor in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | GUZMAN-NOVOA, E ; PAGE, R. E ; GARY, N. E |
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Zeitschrift: | Behavioral ecology and sociobiology (Print), Jg. 34 (1994), Heft 6, S. 409-417 |
Veröffentlichung: | Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer, 1994 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
Umfang: | print, 1 p |
ISSN: | 0340-5443 (print) |
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