| Title |
The interaction of temperature and sucrose concentration on foraging preferences in bumblebees
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|---|---|
| Published in |
The Science of Nature, June 2008
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00114-008-0393-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Heather M. Whitney, Adrian Dyer, Lars Chittka, Sean A. Rands, Beverley J. Glover |
| Abstract |
Several authors have found that flowers that are warmer than their surrounding environment have an advantage in attracting pollinators. Bumblebees will forage preferentially on warmer flowers, even if equal nutritional reward is available in cooler flowers. This raises the question of whether warmth and sucrose concentration are processed independently by bees, or whether sweetness detectors respond to higher sugar concentration as well as higher temperature. We find that bumblebees can use lower temperature as a cue to higher sucrose reward, showing that bees appear to process the two parameters strictly independently. Moreover, we demonstrate that sucrose concentration takes precedence over warmth, so that when there is a difference in sucrose concentration, bees will typically choose the sweeter feeder, even if the less sweet feeder is several degrees warmer. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 1% |
| Australia | 2 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Poland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 132 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 36 | 25% |
| Researcher | 29 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 23 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 20 | 14% |
| Unknown | 14 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 101 | 70% |
| Environmental Science | 9 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 3% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 1% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 10 | 7% |
| Unknown | 16 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
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