Energetically optimal foraging strategy is emergent property of time-keeping behavior in honey bees

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 649-658

  Van Nest, Byron N ^a   Moore, Darrell ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agent based model; circadian rhythms; food anticipatory activity; foraging; honey bees; time memory

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLONY STRUCTURE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; HONEYBEE; NECTAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 84859498598     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars010     Document Type: Article

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