Homing ability of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

By Dave Goulson, J C Stout. 2001

120 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology

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In Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

1. P. Schmid-Hempel
2. Dave Goulson

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Dave Goulson
2. W. Hughes
3. J. Ollerton
4. S. Colla
5. K. Goka
6. J. Boomsma
7. Robert J. Gegear
8. P. Schmid-Hempel

In Social Psychology

1. Dave Goulson

Citations in the corpus

• Bombus terrestris, pollinator, invasive and pest: An assessment of problems associated with its widespread introductions for commercial purposes (2010, background): “Workers may travel 1,500 m (Osborne et al., 2007); 1,750 m (Walther-Hellvig and Frankl, 2000) to 4 km (Goulson and Stout, 2001; Inari et al., 2005) from their nests and in Israel pollen of cultivated plants have been found on B. terrestris at a distance of 5 km from the nearest garden (Dafni and…”
• Bumble Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Diversity and Abundance in Tallgrass Prairie Patches: Effects of Local and Landscape Floral Resources (2005, background): “…and Frankl 2000), bumble bees foraged up to 1,750 m. ArtiÞcial displacement experiments with marked bumble bees showed that they can return to nests from as far away as 10 km over several days of travel (Goulson and Stout 2001), but travel over such large distances may be an unlikely event.”
• Use of genetic markers to quantify bumblebee foraging range and nest density (2004, unknown): “A map of the study area indicating the location of sample sites and major habitat areas. distance from which they have returned in homing experiments (Goulson and Stout 2001).”
• Plight of the bumble bee: Pathogen spillover from commercial to wild populations (2006, background): “These three areas included roadside ditches and old fields and were within 500 m of at least one commercial greenhouse, which is well within the maximum distance that bumble bees travel from the colony to forage (Goulson and Stout, 2001; Darvill et al., 2004).”
• Life histories and parasite pressure across the major groups of social insects. (2005, background): “Bees and wasps may cover up to several kilometres on the wing (Spradbery, 1973; Roubik, 1989; Beekman and Ratnieks, 2000; Goulson and Stout, 2001; Dramsted et al., 2003) and typically exploit food sources that are accessible to all colonies in the area.”
• Landscape structure influences pollinator movements and directly affects plant reproductive success (2012, background): “landmarks has been previously demonstrated in bumblebees (Chittka and Geiger 1995; Chittka et al. 1995a; Goulson and Stout 2001; Menzel et al. 1998) and distance estimation in honeybees relies on the retinal image flow of the landscape structure and specific familiar landmarks as the bees fly along ”
• Effects of introduced bees on native ecosystems (2003, background): “Honeybees are known to forage over 10 km from their nest, on occasion up to 20 km (Seeley 1985, Schwarz & Hurst 1997), and B. terrestris up to at least 4 km (Goulson & Stout 2001).”