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Individual honey bee (Apis cerana) foragers adjust their fuel load to match variability in forage reward

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 t...

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Autores principales: Tan, Ken, Latty, Tanya, Dong, Shihao, Liu, Xiwen, Wang, Chao, Oldroyd, Benjamin P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26549746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep16418