Exploratory behavior of re-orienting foragers differs from other flight patterns of honeybees.

ABSTRACT: Honeybees, Apis mellifera, perform re-orientation flights to learn about the new surroundings of the hive when their hive is transported to a new location. Since the pattern of re-orientation flights has not yet been studied, we asked whether this form of exploratory behavior differs from the well described exploratory orientation flights performed by young honeybees before they start foraging. We also investigated whether the exploratory components of re-orientation flights differ from foraging flights and if so how. We recorded re-orientation flights using harmonic radar technology and compared the patterns and flight parameters of these flights with the first exploratory orientation flights of young honeybees and foraging flights of experienced foragers. Just as exploratory orientation

SUBMITTER: Degen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6114720 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature