Patch Departure Behavior of Bumble Bees: Rules and Mechanisms

Table 8

Departure patterns of bumble bees on treated inflorescences of Aconitum columbianum. Control treatment with zero microliters of 30% sucrose solution in bottom flowers of the inflorescence, and zero in second-from-bottom flowers ($2$), and zero in third-from-bottom flowers ($3$). The notation in this and Table 9 is $X,$ 2 or 3 stands for bees that began by visiting the empty second or third flower first, without visiting the bottom flower. $X$, 2 and 3 stands for bees visiting both empty flowers first. 1, 2, or 3 stands for visiting the treated bottom flower and then the empty second or empty third flower. 1, 2 and 3 stands for visiting the treated bottom flower and then both the empty second and empty third flowers.

	Stay	Depart	Probability (Depart)
$X$, 2 or 3	65	27	0.29
$X$, 2 and 3	14	6	0.30
1, 2 or 3	20	1	0.048
1, 2 and 3	8	1	0.11