- 250 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
The Foraging Behavior of the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera, L.)
About this book
The Foraging Behavior of the Honeybee (Apis mellifera, L.) provides a scholarly resource for knowledge on the regulation, communication, resource allocation, learning and characteristics of honeybee foraging behavior at the individual and colony level. Foraging, in this context, is the exploration of the environment around a honey bee hive and the collection of resources (pollen, nectar, water, etc.) by bees in the worker caste of a colony. Honeybees have the unique ability to balance conflicting and changing resource needs in rapidly changing environments, thus their characterization as "superorganisms made up of individuals who act in the interest of the whole.
This book explores the fascinating world of honey bees in their struggle to obtain food and resources in the ecosystem and environment around the hive. Written by a team of international experts on honey bee behavior and ecology, this book covers current and historical knowledge, research methods and modeling used in the field of study and includes estimates of key parameters of energy utilization, quantities of materials collected, and identifies inconsistencies or gaps in current knowledge in the field.
- Establishes a basis of current knowledge on honeybees to build and advance understanding of their foraging behavior
- Addresses stressors such as habitat loss, climate change, pesticides, pests and diseases
- Presents concise concepts that facilitate direct traceability to the original underlying research
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Yes, you can access The Foraging Behavior of the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera, L.) by John Purdy in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Entomology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- The Foraging Behavior of the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera, L.)
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Honey bee adaptations for foraging
- Chapter 3 Social foraging of the honey bee colony
- Chapter 4 Navigation: Cognition, learning, and memory
- Chapter 5 Energetics of foraging
- Chapter 6 Honey bee pollination ecology
- Chapter 7 Modeling and analysis of honey bee foraging behavior
- Chapter 8 Managed foraging for honey and crop pollinationāHoney bees as livestock
- Chapter 9 Knowledge gaps and future directions for honey bee research
- Index