Honey guide

We now know that some bird taxa use their sense of smell in foraging. These include kiwis, vultures, seabirds, and honey guides. Others, such as seed-burying birds, and oilbirds, most likely use olfaction for finding food. 

The wax pheromones of honeybees that honey guides use as feeding stimuli have been discussed above (p. 352). 

Friedmann, A. (1955). The honey guides. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 208, 1-292. 

Another interesting mutualism involves two animals, an African bird known as the honey guide (Indica-... 

Archer, A. T., and Glen, R. M., 1969, Observations on the behavior of two species of honey-guides Indicator variegatus (Lesson) and Indicator exilia (Cassin), Los Angeles County Mus. Contrib. Sci., 160 1. 

Slot the thin wax sheet of foundation, which is stamped with a hexagonal pattern that acts as a guide for the bees to construct their honey, into the sides of the frame. 

Honey or nectar guides are part of the pigmentation of many flowers, but these features are particularly common in bee flowers. 

PAs are very widespread in plants and vary with species and variety, and also geographically, therefore analyses that are targeted at particular alkaloids should be carried out with positive identification of the plant species where possible. This is particularly important where the variations in the PA composition are to be related to the species. Consideration should be given to the relevance of misidentification of plants, for example PA toxins have been measured in herbal products labeled as being derived from Senecio aureus, which is generally believed to contain few PAs. Pollen analysis of honey can be used as a guide to the expected PA composition and... 

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