ENVS 2210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Trophallaxis, Phototaxis, Parthenogenesis
19 Apr 2019
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Unit 3: honey bee types, nest and colony cycle. Bee types and division of labour: pages 49-53. Acient egypt told of bees coming from oxen and cow carcasses, and wasps originating from horses, they believed bees got their young from plants and deposited them into combs. The queen has 2 main functions: to lay eggs, to produce pheromones that help maintain colony cohesion, stimulate food foraging, and regulate colony reproduction, generally live 3 or more years when there isn"t environmental stressors. The worker bees are females with undeveloped reproductive organs and constiture the majority of the adult population: bees jobs are usually according to their age, but system is flexible for requirements. Newly emerged workers search for cells with pollen to feed on before engaging in hive activites, they also learn to beg for pre digested food from other bees (extending proboscis and receive via trophallaxis.
