The bees go marching one by one.Ants or termites marching in a line may be an unnerving un·nerve tr.v. un·nerved, un·nerv·ing, un·nerves 1. To deprive of fortitude, strength, or firmness of purpose. 2. To make nervous or upset. sight, though not an unusual one. But Amazonian bumblebees (Bombus transversalis) trekking along tiny forest trails leading from their nest into the woods surprised entomologists The following is a list of entomologists, people who have studied insects. Name Born Died Country Speciality John Abbot 1751 1840 United States . They had thought that among ground-dwelling social insects, only ants and termites participate in such pedestrian activities. The nest-building bumblebees in the Tambopata Nature Reserve in southeastern Peru clear trails about 2 meters long and 9 to 10 centimeters wide, according to Sydney A. Cameron and James B. Whitfield of the University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas strives to be known as a "nationally competitive, student-centered research university serving Arkansas and the world." The school recently completed its "Campaign for the 21st Century," in which the university raised more than $1 billion for the school, used at Fayetteville. Although the bees can fly, they walk along the trails to piles of leaves, which they carry home for use as construction material, the team reports in the Jan. 11 Nature. The bees keep their trails tidy, quickly pushing off leaf and twig TWIG - Tree-Walking Instruction Generator. A code generator language. ML-Twig is an SML/NJ variant. ["Twig Language Manual", S.W.K. Tijang, CS TR 120, Bell Labs, 1986]. fragments that the researchers dropped. The scientists observed the bee trails on two occasions. At first, two trails extended on opposite sides of the nest. Six weeks later, the bees had cleared three more trails at either 90 degree or 45 degree angles from the first two. They also increased the thickness and width of the roof over their nest by 10 cm during that time. Other types of bees mark their nests with a pheromone pheromone Any chemical compound secreted by an organism in minute amounts to elicit a particular reaction from other organisms of the same species. Pheromones are widespread among insects and vertebrates (except birds) and are present in some fungi, slime molds, and algae. to ensure that they can locate it later. Cameron and Whitfield plan to investigate whether the Amazonian bumblebees also mark their trails with a scent, Cameron says. |
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