FORAGING PERFORMANCE OF HONEYBEE (APIS MELLIFERA) AFFECTED BY FOOD RICHNESS AND EXPERIENCE

Year 2020, Volume: 20 Issue: 2, 132 - 144, 09.11.2020

Muhammad Zahıd Sharif , Renjie Xue , Sabah Puswal

https://doi.org/10.31467/uluaricilik.764307

Cited By: 3

Abstract

For honeybees (Apis mellifera), food richness and experience put significant impacts in making foraging decisions. Bees that trace food-rich source they start establishing spatiotemporal memories, which assist them to revisit particular site on following days. There were two aims of conducting present research. Our first aim was to explore whether or not the different levels of food richness or rewards (10%, 30%, and 50% sugar solution) at a feeding source affect the number of forager bees for their visitation once the conditions are switched to unrewarding. While our second aim was to investigate that how the previous experiences affect bees for their foraging duration. For our first aim, we hypothesized that the switching of condition from high to low level of food richness at experienced feeding site (FA) will result gradual reduction in number of bees on particular food source. Moreover, concerning to our second aim, we predicted that the foraging efficiency of bees will increase with the experiences of the previous visits. Regarding our hypothesis, results show that the bees persist visiting those feeding sites that offer food-rich sources. However, the decrease in food richness consequence gradual decline in number of bees at feeding site, but the most remarkable thing is that they persist visiting their foraging trips for several days even if they are unrewarded with food-rich sources. These results also affirm our prediction that foraging efficiency of bees in term of trip duration will increase with the experiences of previous visits. In conclusion, bees exhibit considerable attachment with experienced feeding site that stop providing food anymore, and foraging duration of bees decreases with the experience.

Keywords

Apis mellifera, population dynamics, foraging behavior, food and experience

Supporting Institution

University of Science & Technology of China; Hefei Institutes of Physical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, P.R. China

Thanks

I (the corresponding author) want to say special thanks to Chinese Academy of Sciences and Third World Academy of Sciences for providing me CAS-TWAS Scholarship to pursue my doctoral study.

GIDA ZENGİNLİĞİ VE DENEYİMİNDEN ETKİLENEN BAL ARISININ (APİS MELLİFERA) YAYILMA PERFORMANSI

Abstract

Bal arıları (Apis mellifera) için, gıda zenginliği ve deneyimi yiyecek arama kararları vermede önemli etkiler yaratmaktadır. Gıda açısından zengin kaynakları izleyen arılar, sonraki günlerde belirli bir bölgeyi tekrar ziyaret etmelerine yardımcı olan uzamsal-anıları oluşturmaya başlarlar. Mevcut araştırmanın iki amacı vardı. İlk amacımız, bir beslenme kaynağındaki farklı gıda zenginliği veya ödül seviyelerinin (% 10,% 30 ve% 50 şeker çözeltisi), koşulların yerine getirilmeye başlandığında ziyaretçileri için yem arılarının sayısını etkileyip etkilemediğini araştırmaktı. . İkinci hedefimiz önceki deneyimlerin arıları yiyecek arama süreleri üzerinde nasıl etkilediğini araştırmaktı. İlk amacımız olarak, durumun deneyimli beslenme sahasında (FA) yüksek gıda zenginliğinden düşük seviyeye değiştirilmesinin, belirli gıda kaynağı üzerindeki arı sayısında kademeli bir azalmaya yol açacağını varsaydık. Ayrıca, ikinci hedefimizle ilgili olarak, önceki ziyaretlerin deneyimleri ile arıların yemleme verimliliğinin artacağını öngördük. Hipotezimizle ilgili olarak, sonuçlar, arıların gıda açısından zengin kaynaklar sunan beslenme bölgelerini ziyaret etmeye devam ettiğini göstermektedir. Bununla birlikte, gıda zenginliğindeki azalma, beslenme alanındaki arıların sayısında kademeli bir düşüşe neden olur, ancak en dikkat çekici şey, gıda açısından zengin kaynaklarla ele alınmasalar bile, birkaç gün boyunca yiyecek arama gezilerini ziyaret etmeye devam etmeleridir. Bu sonuçlar, arıların yolculuk süresi boyunca yem arama etkinliğinin önceki ziyaretlerin deneyimleriyle artacağına dair öngörümüzü de doğrulamaktadır. Sonuç olarak, arılar artık yiyecek vermeyi bırakan deneyimli beslenme alanı ile önemli ölçüde bağlantı gösterirler ve deneyim ile arıların yemleme süresi azalır.

Keywords

Apis mellifera, nüfus dinamikleri, yiyecek arama davranışı, yemek ve deneyim

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