Individual honey bee (Apis cerana) foragers adjust their fuel load to match variability in forage reward
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| 作者 | Tan, Ken
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| 刊名 | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
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| 出版日期 | 2015 |
| 卷号 | 5页码:- |
| 关键词 | BUMBLE BEES PREFERENCES COLONIES HIVE BEHAVIOR |
| ISSN号 | 2045-2322 |
| 中文摘要 | Animals may adjust their behavior according to their perception of risk. Here we show that free-flying honey bee (Apis cerana) foragers mitigate the risk of starvation in the field when foraging on a food source that offers variable rewards by carrying more 'fuel' food on their outward journey. We trained foragers to a feeder located 1.2 km from each of four colonies. On average foragers carried 12.7% greater volume of fuel, equivalent to 30.2% more glucose when foraging on a variable source (a random sequence of 0.5, 1.5 and 2.5 M sucrose solution, average sucrose content 1.5 M) than when forging on a consistent source (constant 1.5 M sucrose solution). Our findings complement an earlier study that showed that foragers decrease their fuel load as they become more familiar with a foraging place. We suggest that honey bee foragers are risk sensitive, and carry more fuel to minimize the risk of starvation in the field when a foraging trip is perceived as being risky, either because the forager is unfamiliar with the foraging site, or because the forage available at a familiar site offers variable rewards. |
| 原文出处 | 10.1038/srep16418 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 公开日期 | 2015-12-08 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.xtbg.org.cn/handle/353005/9534]  |
| 专题 | 西双版纳热带植物园_2012年后新成立研究组 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Tan, Ken. Individual honey bee (Apis cerana) foragers adjust their fuel load to match variability in forage reward[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2015,5:-. |
| APA | Tan, Ken.(2015).Individual honey bee (Apis cerana) foragers adjust their fuel load to match variability in forage reward.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,5,-. |
| MLA | Tan, Ken."Individual honey bee (Apis cerana) foragers adjust their fuel load to match variability in forage reward".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 5(2015):-. |
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来源：西双版纳热带植物园
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