Journal
APIDOLOGIE
Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 101-116Publisher
SPRINGER FRANCE
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004004
Keywords
Apis mellifera; group decision making; honey bee; nest-site selection; swarming; waggle dance
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
In recent years, renewed attention has been paid to the mechanisms of group decision making that underlie the nest-site selection process in honey bees. We review the results of these new investigations by discussing how the recent work builds on the earlier descriptive studies of this decision-making process, how the decision-making abilities of swarms have been tested, and how the mechanisms of this decision-making process have been experimentally analyzed. We conclude by discussing how the scouts in a swarm sense when their group decision making is coming to an end and so should begin stimulating their quiescent swarm-mates to prepare for the flight to their new home.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available