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Joel Govostes posted the following question:
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>Does a swarm try to find a new site some (minimum) distance away from the
>parent? How does this work out as regarding competition for available
>forage, etc. I have a dim recollection of reading somewhere that a swarm
>won't investigate potential home-sites that are too "close" to their
>origin. I wonder if anyone can provide some info or references.
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>I have always presumed that swarms that arrive and occupy empty hives at my
>bee-yards have always come from some distance away, and not from my own
>hives there. Any comments appreciated.
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I suggest that you read the following two references:
1991 Wenner, A.M., D. Meade, and L. J. Friesen. Recruitment, search
behavior, and flight ranges of honey bees. AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST
31(6):768-782.
1992 Wenner, A.M. Swarm movement: A mystery explained. AMERICAN BEE
JOURNAL 132 (1):27-31.
You should be able to find the answers to your question therein. If you
can't get copies of those two papers, please contact me directly (rather
than on BEE-L) and I can send you copies. (Others may do so, as well.
Please, though, don't request copies unless you will really read them ---
all photocopying is out of pocket for me.)
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Adrian
Adrian M. Wenner (805) 893-2838 (UCSB office)
Ecol., Evol., & Marine Biology (805) 893-8062 (UCSB FAX)
Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara (805) 963-8508 (home office & FAX)
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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