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Controlled competition manipulation (Apidae)

Subcategory: behavioral experiment
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Description

Bumble bee competition levels are experimentally manipulated in controlled flight cage environments by varying the number of conspecific and heterospecific co-visitors while recording focal bee foraging behavior.

Typical Equipment

  • large flight cage
  • WeatherPort Shelter Systems Delta Colorado

Output Measurements

  • foraging tactic under controlled competition
  • tactic constancy response to manipulation