A method is described for evaluating honey bee colony defensive behavior. Three types of stimuli are presented successively: a synthetic alarm pheromone (chemical), a marble shot at the colony (physical), and mechanically jiggled blue suede targets (visual-tactual). The presentation of each stimulus in order elicits four discrete steps of defensive behavior: alerting, activating, attracting, and culminating.
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Collins et al. (1982) studied this question.
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