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Task Partitioning in Insect Societies. II. Use of Queueing Delay Information in Recruitment.

Authors :
Ratnieks, Francis L. W.
Anderson, Carl
Source :
American Naturalist. Nov99, Vol. 154 Issue 5, p536. 13p. 1 Chart, 5 Graphs.
Publication Year :
1999

Abstract

Part II. Focuses on a study of task partitioning in social insect societies in regard to the use of queuing delays between foragers and receivers in recruitment in both honeybees and Polybia wasps. Information content and quality of the delays; Use of a stochastic-simulation model in the study; Results and discussion; Conclusion.

Subjects

Subjects :
*INSECT societies
*HONEYBEES

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00030147
Volume :
154
Issue :
5
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
American Naturalist
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
2618935
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1086/303256