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Paul Cronshaw wrote:
>I noted an interesting thing this weekend......
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>I split a hive three weeks ago, old queen went into the new split and a
>queen cell was left below. I used a double screen division board and faced
>the new entrance to the side. I left the split on for about a week...
>noting some good activity.
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>I then moved the split to another apiary over 2 miles away and left it
>there for two weeks. Today I moved it back to another spot in the original
>apiary.
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>Right away I noted lots of bees buzzing around the side of the original
>site. What a memory these bees have.
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>I thought that 2 weeks would erase their little computer minds. :) Not so!!
>
>Anyone else have a comment on bee memory to locations?
Norm Gary covered some of that subject in his chapter of THE HIVE AND
THE HONEY BEE (Dadant & Sons, 1992, Chapter 8).
Two other very pertinent publications on this matter apply, as follows:
1) Patrick H. Wells. 1973. Honey bees. Chapter 9 in INVERTEBRATE
LEARNING.. Plenum Press, N.Y.
2) Peggy S.M. Hill, Patrick H. Wells, and Harrington Wells. 1997.
Spontaneous flower constancy and learning in honey bees as a function of
colour. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR. (54:615-627).
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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