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TRAFFIC THROUGH THE NEST ENTRANCE OF A COLONY OF VESPULA ARENARIA (HYMENOPTERA: VESPIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. J. Pallett  and
R. C. Plowright
M. J. Pallett
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1
R. C. Plowright
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1
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Abstract

Statistical analysis of traffic data at the nest entrance of a colony of the yellowjacket, Vespula arenaria (F.), showed no evidence for the operation of social facilitation of the type described by Blackith (1957). As in bumble bees, the appearance of contagion in the temporal distribution of exits and sorties is the result of overall change in flight activity and is not due to social interaction between wasps.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 111 , Issue 4 , April 1979 , pp. 385 - 390
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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