During reproductive swarming, a honeybee swarm needs to decide on a new nest site and
then move to the chosen site collectively. Most studies of swarming and nest-site selection …

Several factors cause animals to relocate. In this context, ant species are unique in that they
not only have to relocate adults, but they must also move their brood while maintaining …

All honeybees use the waggle dance to recruit nestmates. Studies on the dance precision of
Apis mellifera have shown that the dance is often imprecise. Two hypotheses have been put …

The present study was carried out to evaluate agricultural capability of a watershed located
in Khuzestan; a province in southern Iran. It is aimed to examine the applicability of Multi …

During reproductive swarming and seasonal migration, a honeybee swarm needs to locate
and move to a new, suitable nest site. While the nest-site selection process in cavity-nesting …

Reproductive swarms of honeybees are faced with the problem of finding a good site to
establish a new colony. We examined the potential effects of swarm size on the quality of …

Most studies on collective decision making in honeybees have been performed on the cavity-
nesting Western honeybee, Apis mellifera. In more recent years, the open-nesting red dwarf …

Highlights•We monitored dances of three giant Asian honeybee swarms.•Dance activity and
directional consensus increased over time.•Consensus behaviour was similar to that of the …

During reproductive swarming, honey bee scouts perform two very important functions.
Firstly, they find new nesting locations and return to the swarm cluster to communicate their …

The directional information encoded in the waggle dances of absconding colonies of Apis
florea shows how different sites are advertised during decision-making. Colonies of A. florea …