Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 27, 2025
06:03
A Push-pull Protocol to Reduce Colonization of Bird Nest Boxes by Honey Bees
Published on: September 4, 2016
8.7K
Collective behaviour: Stingless bees are self-organised nest builders
1School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia.
Current Biology : CB
|May 7, 2024
Abstract:
A new study compiles compelling evidence that stingless bees construct their brood combs in a self-organised manner in which local modification of a structure stimulates further modifications, a process known as stigmergy.
Related Concept Videos
02:40Pollination and Flower Structure
64.6K
Flowers are the reproductive, seed-producing structures of angiosperms. Typically, flowers consist of sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels. Sepals and petals are the vegetative flower organs. Stamens and carpels are the reproductive organs.
64.6K
01:03Altruism
41.1K
Altruistic behaviors are “unselfish” behaviors—those that help another individual at the expense of the individual carrying out the behavior. Despite the negative consequences for the altruistic animal, these behaviors are thought to have evolved for several reasons.
41.1K
01:06Fixed Action Patterns
16.0K
A fixed action pattern (FAP) is a specific, hard-wired sequence of behaviors that occurs in response to an external stimulus, called a sign stimulus. The behavior is “fixed” because it is essentially unchangeable—proceeding similarly across individuals of a species every time it occurs.
16.0K