Central-place foraging in honey bees: the effect of travel time and nectar flow on crop filling

Decision making in animals

David McFarland · Nature · 1977 · 366 citations

Life Sciences, Animal Sciences, Animal Behavior +8

Honeybees maximize efficiency by not filling their crop

Paul Schmid‐Hempel, Alejandro Kacelnik, Alasdair I. Houston · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1985 · 349 citations

Agriculture, Agronomy, Crop Management +6

Dependence of the life span of the honeybee (Apis mellifica) upon flight performance and energy consumption

Angelika Neukirch · Journal of Comparative Physiology B · 1982 · 268 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Entomology +17

Some effects of energy costs on foraging strategies

Alejandro Kacelnik, Alasdair Iain Houston · Animal Behaviour · 1984 · 140 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Zoology +12

Honeybee Foraging Strategies at a Food Source in Relation to its Distance from the Hive and the Rate of Sugar Flow

J. Núñez · Journal of Apicultural Research · 1982 · 129 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Entomology +15