The Acoustic Emission in the Nest of the Honey Bee Depending on the Extreme Weather Conditions

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis

Jaromír Tlačbaba¹  Michal Černý¹  Petr Dostál¹  Antonín Přidal² 

[1] Department of Technology and Automobile Transport, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic;Department of Zoology, Fisheries, Hydrobiology and Apiculture, Faculty od Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic;

关键词: vibration;    acoustic emission;    honey bee;    Apis mellifera;    response;   

DOI  :  10.11118/actaun201462010245

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The vibroacoustic signals are an important part of communication in the honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). The aim of this study was to observe the acoustic emission that varies in a bee colony during different weather phenomena (strong winds and hailstorms) and to estimate the nature and the extent of the reactions of the colony by the analysis of the obtained data. Experiments were carried out in the volume-reduced hives. The specific weather phenomena were followed by significant (P < 0.0001) increasing of the intensity of the acoustic emission in the colony in comparison with acoustic emission before or after the phenomena. Close linear positive relationship was confirmed between the intensity of wind gusts and intensity of acoustic emission (r = 0.72; P < 0.001). With the increase in the maximum gust of 1 km·h−1, the intensity of acoustic emission increased by 0.1466 mV. The character and degree of reaction of the colony can be estimated with analysis of the measured data. Permeability of vibration signals directly induced weather phenomena through the construction of the experimental hive and the stress in the colony are discussed. Observation of the acoustic emission distributed within the colony is one of the methodical alternatives for research of the vibroacoustic communication in the colony.

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