Social Reinforcement Delays in Free-Flying Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) |
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| Authors: | David Philip Arthur Craig James W Grice Chris A Varnon B Gibson Michel B C Sokolowski Charles I Abramson |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America.; 2. Department of Psychology, Université de Picardie – Jules Verne, Amiens, Picardy, France.; Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, France, |
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| Abstract: | Free-flying honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) reactions were observed when presented with varying schedules of post-reinforcement delays of 0 s, 300 s, or 600 s. We measured inter-visit-interval, response length, inter-response-time, and response rate. Honey bees exposed to these post-reinforcement delay intervals exhibit one of several patterns compared to groups not encountering delays, and had longer inter-visit-intervals. We observed no group differences in inter-response time. Honey bees with higher response rates tended to not finish the experiment. The removal of the delay intervals increased response rates for those subjects that completed the trials. |
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