caa a22 4500 46578917X CHVBK 20180323112018.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01417914 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01417914 Schneider Stanley Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, 28223, Charlotte, North Carolina aut Nest characteristics and recruitment behavior of absconding colonies of the African honey bee, Apis mellifera scutellata , in Africa [Elektronische Daten] [Stanley Schneider] Absconding behavior was investigated in a naturally occurring population of honey bees in the Okavango River Delta, Botswana. Fifty percent of all colonies excavated in the field between October and December had abandoned the nest or were preparing for absconding, suggesting that an "absconding season” began in the Delta in October or November. However, the factors influencing absconding during this period were unclear, and there were no distinct differences in nest characteristics of the absconding and nonabsconding colonies. Waggle dance activity in observation colonies preparing for absconding was not used to preselect a specific nest site prior to departure. However, in two of the three colonies examined recruitment activity indicated the general direction of colony travel. The distances indicated by these dancers ranged between 6 and 16 km. Since these distances were three to four times greater than those communicated by dancers in nonabsconding colonies, workers from absconding colonies may sample potential forage or nest sites well outside their regular foraging range. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1990 Apis nationallicence African honey bee nationallicence absconding nationallicence recruitment nationallicence waggle dance nationallicence Journal of Insect Behavior Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 3/2(1990-03-01), 225-240 0892-7553 3:2<225 1990 3 10905 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01417914 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01417914 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Schneider Stanley Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, 28223, Charlotte, North Carolina aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Insect Behavior Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 3/2(1990-03-01), 225-240 0892-7553 3:2<225 1990 3 10905 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer