Food alert in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris): possible mechanisms and evolutionary implications

By Anna R. Dornhaus, Lars Chittka. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science

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Citations in the corpus

Recruitment communication in stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) (2004, background): “Dornhaus and Chittka, 2004), and searching for advertised resources at non-specific locations appears to exist in all social bee groups (Kerr, 1969), including the primitively eusocial bumblebees (Dornhaus and Chittka, 2001).”
Bumble bee pollen foraging regulation: role of pollen quality, storage levels, and odor (2009, background): “Foraging activity increased in Bombus terrestris and Bombus transversalis colonies after foragers returned from nectar collection (Dornhaus and Chittka 2001; Dornhaus and Cameron 2003), and the increase in foraging depended upon food sucrose concentration (Dornhaus and Chittka 2005).”
Information flow and regulation of foraging activity in bumble bees (Bombus spp.) (2004, unknown): “Even without a forager present, injection of sugar solution into honey pots shows that bees monitor nectar stores and react to an influx of nectar by increasing foraging activity ( Dornhaus and Chittka, 2001 ).”
Bumble bees (Bombus terrestris) store both food and information in honeypots (2005, background): “This was to allow for an initial buildup phase of activity under the changed conditions (Dornhaus and Chittka, 2001).”
Information flow and organization of stingless bee foraging (2004, unknown): “The poorly recruiting species probably provide nest mates with some general indication of food odor or location that can guide their largely independent search (Lindauer and Kerr, 1958, 1960; similar in bumble bees: Dornhaus and Chittka, 2001).”
Monitoring insect pollinators and flower visitation: The effectiveness and feasibility of different survey methods (2019, background): “Social bumblebees increase colony foraging activity in response to nectar availability (Dornhaus & Chittka, 2001) and over larger ranges than smaller, solitary bee species (Osborne et al., 1999; Gathmann & Tscharntke, 2012).”