蜜蜂群体通过跳舞来获得健康
Gavin Sherman1, P Kirk Visscher
1Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
Nature
|November 1, 2002
概括
蜜蜂的舞蹈语言对于食至关重要,研究了它的有效性. 定向的舞蹈比迷失方向的舞蹈更有效地招募人才,特别是在挑战食物来源的情况下.
科学领域:
- 动物行为 动物行为
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 信息传播 信息传播 信息传播
背景情况:
- 蜜蜂舞蹈语言是一个复杂的象征性通信系统.
- 它在增加殖民地食物收集中的作用已被广泛辩论和研究.
研究的目的:
- 调查面向与失向蜜蜂舞蹈在招募采集者的有效性.
- 为了澄清舞蹈语言信息在蜜蜂生态中的条件依赖益处.
主要方法:
- 将具有定向舞蹈的殖民地的招募成功与在人工养场上具有失方向舞蹈的殖民地的招募成功进行比较.
- 观察自然来源的食,以评估方向信息的影响.
主要成果:
- 具有定向舞蹈的殖民地比具有偏向舞蹈的殖民地更有效地招募糖食者.
- 舞蹈中的方向信息有时会增加自然来源的食物收集,但并不总是如此.
结论:
- 蜜蜂舞蹈语言的有效性取决于条件,受食物来源特征的影响.
- 当食物来源稀缺,可变或短暂时,舞蹈信息是最有益的.
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