Precisión en la comunicación de la localización de recursos de la abeja sin aguijón Scaptotrigona mexicana Guérin (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

Scaptotrigona mexicana foragers were able to communicate to their nestmates the location of a food source located at 50 meters from the hive: when a control feeder was placed in the opposite direction to a training one, the number of recruits was higher in the training than in the control feeders in all the trials. In the angular and distance accuracy experiments, a scattering of bees around the position of the training feeders was seen. Moreover, under the conditions we worked, piloting or communication inside the colony could be the possible recruitment mechanisms for this species and not pheromone deposition as described for other species of Scaptotrigona.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Sánchez Guillén, Daniel Doctor autor 6863, Vandame, Rémy Doctor tutor 3181, Cruz López, Leopoldo Caridad Doctor asesor 2083, Hénaut, Yann Doctor asesor 2087
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Tapachula, Chiapas, México El Colegio de la Frontera Sur 2003
Subjects:	Scaptotrigona mexicana, Abejas, Comunicación animal, Conducta animal,
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