Ethology of hygienic behaviour in the honey bee Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae): behavioural repertoire of hygienic bees.

By H. Arathi, I. Burns, M. Spivak. 2000

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Life histories and parasite pressure across the major groups of social insects. (2005, background): “Again, the honeybee may be an exception, as extreme task specialization of cleaning workers has been observed (Arathi et al., 2000).”
Inner nest homeostasis in a changing environment with special emphasis on honey bee brood nursing and pollen supply (2004, background): “Detection of ill or dead brood will lead to quick removal (Free and Winder, 1983; Arathi et al., 2000). Detection of hungry larvae forces the inspecting bee to feed the larvae, which they do by depositing a certain fraction of gland secretion or (with older larvae) by providing pollen or honey (cf. ”
Differences in olfactory sensitivity and behavioral responses among honey bees bred for hygienic behavior (2003, background): “These bees may also continue removing the contents of the cell ( Arathi et al. 2000 ).”
Influence of colony genotypic composition on the performance of hygienic behaviour in the honeybee, Apis mellifera L. (2001, methodology): “In our previous work (Arathi et al. 2000), the hygienic bees in two different colonies allocated themselves into one class that performed a higher frequency of uncapping than removing, and another class of bees that performed both uncapping and removing at similar frequencies.”