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    Redefining Honeybee Foraging Cognition

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    2009-04-28
    Author
    Najera, Daniel Arnulfo
    Publisher
    University of Kansas
    Format
    135 pages
    Type
    Dissertation
    Degree Level
    Ph.D.
    Discipline
    Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
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    The research in this manuscript was designed to investigate all of the facets of current honeybee foraging knowledge. In order to do so, we constructed new methodologies to provide more accurate data for a finer level of analysis. Specifically, we were able to quantify horizontal and vertical directions of departure, using immediate decision making. Also, we were able to test complete vector knowledge of flown paths with distance methods as well, relying upon the subtraction of utility for cues other than distance. We then conclude that landmark, route, and cognitive map theories are only parts to a complex cognitive system. In this complex cognitive system resides the ability to logically deduce specific foraging strategies, representing a network of cognitive systems used for decision making. The mind of the honeybee is likely harboring more cognitive abilities than we were able to discover.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5447
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