defensive behaviour

Definition

Defensive behaviour (also referred to as gentleness) is a behavioral trait that quantifies the readiness of the worker bees to sting while the beekeeper is working on the beehive, usually on a scale from one to four where one one represents the most negative and four the most positive phenotype.

Reference

  1. Büchler R., Andonov S., Bernstein R., Bienefeld K., Costa C., Du M. et al. Standard methods for rearing and selection of Apis mellifera queens 2.0. Journal of Apicultural Research. pp. 1-57. doi: 10.1080/00218839.2023.2295180
Creator: Michael Rubinigg
Properties

Label

defensive behaviour

EUPH Code (UID)

[904]

EUPH IRI

https://app.pollinatorhub.eu/vocabulary/classes/904

Created

2023-01-23

Updated

2025-03-11
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Class

Author: Michael Rubinigg

Definition

Author: Michael Rubinigg

Translation

Authors: Michael Rubinigg

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Chinese
防御行为

Phrase

Michael Rubinigg
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Croatian
obrambeno ponašanje

Compound noun, Singular

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Dutch; Flemish
defensief gedrag

Compound noun, Neuter, Singular

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English
defensive behaviour

Compound noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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English
gentleness

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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French
agressivité

Noun, Feminine, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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German
Friedfertigkeit

Noun, Feminine, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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Greek
αμυντική συμπεριφορά

Compound noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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Hebrew
התנהגות הגנתית

Phrase

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Italian
aggressività

Noun, Feminine, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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Lithuanian
bičių piktumas

Compound noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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Macedonian
одбранбено однесување

Compound noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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Norwegian
aggressivitet

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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Polish
zachowanie obronne

Compound noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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Portuguese
comportamento defensivo

Compound noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
blandetea

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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Serbian
одбрамбено понашање

Compound noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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Slovak
bodavosť

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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Slovenian
obrambno vedenje

Compound noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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Spanish; Castilian
comportamiento defensivo

Compound noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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Turkish
savunma davranışı

Compound noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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