Copying others can greatly improve individual fitness and is fundamental for the
organisation of societies. Yet in some situations it is better to ignore social information and …

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 …

Fish travel in schools, birds migrate in flocks, honeybees swarm, and ants build trails. How
and why do these collective behaviors occur? Exploring how coordinated group patterns …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

Bumblebees are familiar and charismatic insects, occurring throughout much of the world.
They are increasingly being used as a model organism for studying a wide range of …

Abstract The Northern Great Plains region of the US annually hosts a large portion of
commercially managed US honey bee colonies each summer. Changing land use patterns …

Communication is a fundamental feature of animal societies and helps their members to
solve the challenges they encounter, from exploiting food sources to fighting enemies or …

East Asia is home to at least 9 indigenous species of honey bee. These bees are extremely
valuable because they are key pollinators of about 1/3 of crop species, provide significant …

Highlights•The honey bee waggle dance enables recruitment to smaller foraging
areas.•Colonies unable to communicate dance information foraged further from their …

Honey bees (Apis sp.) are the only known bee genus that uses nest-based communication
to provide nest-mates with information about the location of resources, the so-called “dance …