| dc.creator (作者) | 林忠正,;Tze-wei Chen;Ching-chong Lai | zh_TW |
| dc.date (日期) | 2003-09 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 6-Jan-2009 15:26:22 (UTC+8) | - |
| dc.date.available | 6-Jan-2009 15:26:22 (UTC+8) | - |
| dc.date.issued (上傳時間) | 6-Jan-2009 15:26:22 (UTC+8) | - |
| dc.identifier.uri (URI) | https://ah.lib.nccu.edu.tw/item?item_id=23279 | - |
| dc.description.abstract (摘要) | This paper uses the Anas [Regional Science and Urban Economics 22 (1992) 243] model\r\nto provide an economic explanation of the cause of honeybee swarming. We assume that a\r\nhoneybee is rational in choosing to stay in the old hive or to leave to build a new one.\r\nRationality here refers to a bee’s behavior to maximize the food (honey) that it can share or\r\ncontribute. We show that all bees will live together when the total number of bees is small.\r\nAs soon as the total number of bees grows over a threshold, half of the population will\r\nimmediately swarm to another hive. Contrary to the traditional wisdom that the queen bee\r\nleads the swarm, our model demonstrates that swarming may be a collective action of the\r\nrational choices of many selfish individual bees. | - |
| dc.format | application/ | en_US |
| dc.language | en | en_US |
| dc.language | en-US | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | - |
| dc.relation (關聯) | Regional Science and Urban Economics, 33(5),581-594 | en_US |
| dc.subject (關鍵詞) | Honeybee swarming;Rationality | - |
| dc.title (題名) | The Economics of Honeybee Swarming | en_US |
| dc.type (資料類型) | article | en |
