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Shackleton K, Balfour NJ, Al Toufailia H, et al. Quality versus quantity: Foraging decisions in the honeybee (. Ecol Evol. 2016;6(19):7156-7165doi: 10.1002/ece3.2478.
Shackleton, K., Balfour, N. J., Al Toufailia, H., Gaioski, R., de Matos Barbosa, M., Silva, C. A. S., Bento, J. M. S., Alves, D. A., & Ratnieks, F. L. W. (2016). Quality versus quantity: Foraging decisions in the honeybee (. Ecology and evolution, 6(19), 7156-7165. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2478
Shackleton, Kyle, et al. "Quality versus quantity: Foraging decisions in the honeybee (." Ecology and evolution vol. 6,19 (2016): 7156-7165. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2478
Shackleton K, Balfour NJ, Al Toufailia H, Gaioski R, de Matos Barbosa M, Silva CAS, Bento JMS, Alves DA, Ratnieks FLW. Quality versus quantity: Foraging decisions in the honeybee (. Ecol Evol. 2016 Sep 20;6(19):7156-7165. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2478. eCollection 2016 Oct. PMID: 28725389; PMCID: PMC5513216.
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Ecol Evol. 2016 Sep 20;6(19):7156-7165. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2478. eCollection 2016 Oct.

Quality versus quantity: Foraging decisions in the honeybee (.

Ecology and evolution

Kyle Shackleton, Nicholas J Balfour, Hasan Al Toufailia, Roberto Gaioski, Marcela de Matos Barbosa, Carina A de S Silva, José M S Bento, Denise A Alves, Francis L W Ratnieks

Affiliations

  1. Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects School of Life Sciences University of Sussex Brighton UK.
  2. Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" Universidade de São Paulo Piracicaba São Paulo Brazil.
  3. Departamento de Biologia Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto Universidade de São Paulo Ribeirão Preto São Paulo Brazil.

PMID: 28725389 PMCID: PMC5513216 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2478

Abstract

Foraging animals must often decide among resources which vary in quality and quantity. Nectar is a resource that exists along a continuum of quality in terms of sugar concentration and is the primary energy source for bees. Alternative sugar sources exist, including fruit juice, which generally has lower energetic value than nectar. We observed many honeybees (

Keywords: Psidium guajava; central place forager; crop sugar; forage quality; foraging behavior; nectar concentration; sugar–water balance

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