▪ Abstract Honey bee foragers dance to communicate the spatial location of food and other
resources to their nestmates. This remarkable communication system has long served as an …

The honeybee (Apis mellifera) waggle dance, whereby dancing bees communicate the
location of profitable food sources to other bees in the hive, is one of the most celebrated …

Stingless bees (Meliponini) are the largest and most diverse group of social bees, yet their
largely tropical distribution means that they are less studied than their relatives, the bumble …

Current knowledge of flower visitors and pollination in the Oriental Region is summarised.
Much less is known about pollination than seed dispersal and the coverage of habitats and …

The stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) have evolved sophisticated
communication systems that allow foragers to recruit nestmates to good resources. Over the …

Individuals in social insect colonies cooperate to perform collective work. While colonies
often respond to changing environmental conditions by flexibly reallocating workers to …

Vibrations and sounds, collectively called vibroacoustics, play significant roles in intracolony
communication in termites, social wasps, ants, and social bees. Modalities of vibroacoustic …

While we may have always assumed that insects employ auditory communication, our
understanding of it has been impeded by various technical challenges. In comparison to the …

O comportamento de forrageio generalista entre os meliponíneos é uma hipótese aceita,
mas não testada, assim como a hipótese subsidiária de preferências florais no gênero …

Signals that are perceived over long distances or leave extended spatial traces are subject
to eavesdropping. Eavesdropping has therefore acted as a selective pressure in the …