The anti-waggle dance: use of the stop signal as negative feedback

Numerous activities within honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies rely on feedback loops for organization at the group level. Classic examples of these self-organizing behaviors occur during foraging and swarm nest site selection. The waggle dance provides positive feedback, promoting foraging at a...

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Main Authors: Parry Macdonald Kietzman, P. Kirk Visscher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2015.00014/full