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dc.contributor.authorMakinson, J Cen
dc.contributor.authorSchaerf, Timothyen
dc.contributor.authorRattanawannee, Aen
dc.contributor.authorOldroyd, B Pen
dc.contributor.authorBeekman, Men
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-11T15:36:00Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.citationInsectes Sociaux, 63(3), p. 395-406en
dc.identifier.issn1420-9098en
dc.identifier.issn0020-1812en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19967-
dc.description.abstractThe last few years have seen a renewed interest in the mechanisms behind nest-site selection in honeybees. Most studies have focused on the cavity-nesting honeybee 'Apis mellifera', but more recently studies have included the open-nesting 'A. florea'. Amongst species comparisons are important if we want to understand how the process has been adapted over evolutionary time to suit the particular species' nest-site requirement. Here, we describe the behaviour of scout bees of the giant Asian honeybee 'A. dorsata' on three artificially created swarms to determine the mechanisms used to collectively decide on a location to move to, either in the same environment (nest-site selection) or somewhere further afield (migration). In all swarms, scouts' dances converged on a general direction prior to lift-off and this direction corresponded to the direction that swarms flew. Scouts from one swarm danced for sites that were far away. These dances did not converge onto a specific distance, implying they were migration dances. Dances for different sites differed in the number of circuits per dance suggesting that 'A. dorsata' scouts make an assessment of site quality. Similarly to 'A. florea', but in contrast to 'A. mellifera', 'A. dorsata' scouts did not reduce dance duration after repeated returns from scouting flights.We found that many scouts that dance for a non-preferred location changed dance location during the decision-making process after following dances for the consensus direction. We conclude that the consensus building process of 'A. dorsata' swarms relies on the interaction of scout bees on the swarm.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.relation.ispartofInsectes Sociauxen
dc.titleHow does a swarm of the giant Asian honeybee 'Apis dorsata' reach consensus? A study of the individual behaviour of scout beesen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00040-016-0482-2en
dc.subject.keywordsBehavioural Ecologyen
dc.subject.keywordsBiological Mathematicsen
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Behaviouren
local.contributor.firstnameJ Cen
local.contributor.firstnameTimothyen
local.contributor.firstnameAen
local.contributor.firstnameB Pen
local.contributor.firstnameMen
local.subject.for2008060201 Behavioural Ecologyen
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local.subject.for2008010202 Biological Mathematicsen
local.subject.seo2008970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciencesen
local.subject.seo2008970101 Expanding Knowledge in the Mathematical Sciencesen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Science and Technologyen
local.profile.emailtschaerf@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20161205-113844en
local.publisher.placeSwitzerlanden
local.format.startpage395en
local.format.endpage406en
local.identifier.scopusid84961201320en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume63en
local.identifier.issue3en
local.contributor.lastnameMakinsonen
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local.contributor.lastnameOldroyden
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dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleHow does a swarm of the giant Asian honeybee 'Apis dorsata' reach consensus? A study of the individual behaviour of scout beesen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.relation.grantdescriptionARC/DP130101670en
local.search.authorMakinson, J Cen
local.search.authorSchaerf, Timothyen
local.search.authorRattanawannee, Aen
local.search.authorOldroyd, B Pen
local.search.authorBeekman, Men
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local.year.published2016en
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/e95eab4d-443c-41cf-8951-433576a701b7en
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local.codeupdate.date2021-11-01T13:11:44.780en
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local.original.for2020310301 Behavioural ecologyen
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local.original.seo2020280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciencesen
local.original.seo2020280118 Expanding knowledge in the mathematical sciencesen
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