In Silico Bees

4 Models for the Recruitment and Allocation of Honey Bee Foragers

Mary R. Myerscough, James R. Edwards, and Timothy M. Schaerf

CONTENTS

Abstract

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4.1 Introduction

4.2 Biology of Honey Bee Foraging

4.3 Scale and Type of Models

4.4 Fundamental Model: Linking Individual and Collective Behavior

4.5 From Diverse Tasks to Diverse Bees

4.6 Role of Hive Bees: Modeling Interactions beyond Foragers and Dancers

4.7 Generalized ODE Foraging Models: Are Bees like Ants?

4.8 Individual-Based Models and Differential Equation Models

4.9 Algorithms Inspired by Honey Bee Foraging

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ABSTRACT

Honey bee foragers recruit other bees to visit productive patches of flowers by advertising, on their return to the hive, ...