Different solutions by bees to a foraging problem

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dc.contributor.authorSanderson, Charlotte
dc.contributor.authorBlocker, Tomica D.
dc.contributor.authorPham, L. Lisa
dc.contributor.authorChecotah, Sky
dc.contributor.authorNorman, Ashley A.
dc.contributor.authorHarader, Brice K. Pate
dc.contributor.authorReidenbaugh, Tyler R.
dc.contributor.authorNenchev, Peter
dc.contributor.authorBarthell, John F.
dc.contributor.authorWells, Harrington
dc.contributor.buuauthorÇakmak, İbrahim
dc.contributor.departmentUludağ Üniversitesi/Arıcılık Geliştirme Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi.tr_TR
dc.contributor.researcheridAAH-2558-2021tr_TR
dc.contributor.scopusid57207796431tr_TR
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-26T06:02:28Z
dc.date.available2022-04-26T06:02:28Z
dc.date.issued2009-05
dc.description.abstractHoneybees (Apis mellifera) were used as a model insect system to explore how foragers solve problems involving cost as well as reward. Reward difference was created by varying sucrose molarity, whereas cost difference was created by varying flower-handling time in artificial flower patches. Unlike earlier work, flower-handling time was a function of stamen length rather than corolla length, such that longer stamens increased flower-handling time. When changing from short- to long-stamen flowers, access to nectar becomes limited to specific routes, which differ in difficulty. Experiments were performed with 2 mu l and 6 mu l sucrose rewards. Differences in reward and/or handling time were associated with flower colour difference (blue versus white flowers). Higher energy reward (2 M) and shorter handling time were preferred by bees when foraging problems involved only a reward or a handling-time difference, which followed energy maximization expectations. However, when the two variables were combined so that greater handling time was combined with higher reward, behaviour differed between individuals. Some bees made choices based solely on reward, some only on effort (handling time), and some simply on flower colour. These results contrast with early work where handling time was a function of corolla length and all bees avoided longer corollas. Results suggest that honeybees do not always behave as predicted by simple energy maximization principles; rather, individuality in choice arises when the foraging problem becomes more difficult because of increased complexity (dimensionality) of the problem.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) (CLG 981340)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation (NSF) (DBI 0552717)en_US
dc.identifier.citationÇakmak, İ. vd. (2009). "Different solutions by bees to a foraging problem". Animal Behaviour, 77(5), 1273-1280.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage1280tr_TR
dc.identifier.issn0003-3472
dc.identifier.issue5tr_TR
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-64549158886tr_TR
dc.identifier.startpage1273tr_TR
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.01.032
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347209000773
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11452/26070
dc.identifier.volume77tr_TR
dc.identifier.wos000265283900037tr_TR
dc.indexed.scopusScopusen_US
dc.indexed.wosSCIEen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcademic Press Ltd- Elsevier Scienceen_US
dc.relation.bapBAPen_US
dc.relation.collaborationYurt dışıtr_TR
dc.relation.journalAnimal Behaviouren_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergitr_TR
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectApis melliferaen_US
dc.subjectForagingen_US
dc.subjectHoneybeeen_US
dc.subjectIndividualityen_US
dc.subjectSpecializationen_US
dc.subjectFlower constancyen_US
dc.subjectBehavioral syndromesen_US
dc.subjectHoney-beesen_US
dc.subjectChoiceen_US
dc.subjectBumblebeesen_US
dc.subjectCosten_US
dc.subjectIntransitivityen_US
dc.subjectPreferencesen_US
dc.subjectVariabilityen_US
dc.subjectBehavioral sciencesen_US
dc.subjectZoologyen_US
dc.subjectApoideaen_US
dc.subjectHexapodaen_US
dc.subjectEcological modelingen_US
dc.subjectExperimental studyen_US
dc.subjectFloweren_US
dc.subjectHandling timeen_US
dc.subjectHoneybeeen_US
dc.subjectIndividualismen_US
dc.subjectNectaren_US
dc.subjectSpecializationen_US
dc.subjectSucroseen_US
dc.subject.scopusBombus; Bees; Foragersen_US
dc.subject.wosBehavioral sciencesen_US
dc.subject.wosZoologyen_US
dc.titleDifferent solutions by bees to a foraging problemen_US
dc.typeArticle
dc.wos.quartileQ2 (Behavioral sciences)en_US
dc.wos.quartileQ1 (Zoology)en_US

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