... diversity for bee foraging and navigation. Landscape Learning Honey bee Apis Apidae University of Southampton http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000739 Royal Geographical Society http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000623 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research...

... the biomechanical properties of bee vibrations vary across multiple behaviours within a species. In this study, we compared the properties of vibrations produced by Bombus terrestris audax (Hymenoptera: Apidae) workers in three contexts: during flight, during defensive buzzing, and in floral vibrations produced...

... are able to discriminate different concentrations of a food mixture and hence nutrients by using their sense of taste, which may enable them to individually regulate food intake. Social insects Apidae Pollination Diet Perception Foraging Like all other animals, bees need the right amount...

... 2007 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2008 2008 Apidae wax differential scanning calorimetry heat of fusion melting point thermal properties The wax of eusocial bees is an endogenously produced multicomponent,single-phase material which, when formed into comb, protects...

... tube:expanding or collapsing depending on the flow rate, the pressure gradient along the proboscis, and circumferential forces imposed by the proboscis walls. e-mail: [email protected] 16 10 2006 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 Apidae Euglossini foraging...