Recruitment in Swarm-Founding Wasps: Polybia occidentalis Does not Actively Scent-Mark Carbohydrate Food Sources
Scent Baking Dishes marking food resources is expected to enhance foraging efficiency reducing search time.Many social bees exhibit this behavior, but scent-marking is absent in social wasps, except for Vespa mandarinia.We tested for scent marking in the swarm-founding wasp, Polybia occidentalis.This wasp has moderately large colonies and utilizes