Home-site fidelity in migratory honeybees

Peter Neumann (), Nikolaus Koeniger, Gudrun Koeniger, Salim Tingek, Per Kryger and Robin F. A. Moritz
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Peter Neumann: Institut für Zoologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Nikolaus Koeniger: Institut für Bienenkunde (Polytechnische Gesellschaft), J. W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Gudrun Koeniger: Institut für Bienenkunde (Polytechnische Gesellschaft), J. W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Salim Tingek: Agricultural Research Station
Per Kryger: Department of Zoology and Entomology University of Pretoria
Robin F. A. Moritz: Institut für Zoologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Nature, 2000, vol. 406, issue 6795, 474-475

Abstract: Abstract Home-site fidelity is well known in migratory animals, but not in social insects. Here we show that colonies of the giant honeybee Apis dorsata are able to find the same nest location even after seasonal migration. As worker bees do not have first-hand knowledge of the old nest site, the swarms must be guided by some form of genetic mechanism.

Date: 2000
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