Deciding on a new home: how do honeybees agree?

被引：85

作者：

Britton, NF ^{[1
]}

Franks, NR

Pratt, SC

Seeley, TD

机构：

[1] Univ Bath, Ctr Math Biol, Bath BA2 7AY, Avon, England

[2] Univ Bath, Dept Math Sci, Bath BA2 7AY, Avon, England

[3] Univ Bath, Dept Biol & Biochem, Bath BA2 7AY, Avon, England

[4] Univ Bristol, Sch Biol Sci, Bristol BS8 1UG, Avon, England

[5] Cornell Univ, Neurobiol & Behav Sect, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

来源：

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | 2002年 / 269卷 / 1498期

关键词：

collective decision-making; social insects; honeybees; Apis mellifera; nest-site choice;

D O I：

10.1098/rspb.2002.2001

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

A swarm of honeybees (Apis mellifera) is capable of selecting one nest-site when faced with a choice of several. We adapt classical mathematical models of disease, information and competing beliefs to such decision-making processes. We show that the collective decision may be arrived at without the necessity for any bee to make any comparison between sites.

引用

页码：1383 / 1388

页数：6

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