TY - JOUR AU - Novgorodova, T.A. AU - Zhukova, S.G. T1 - Modes and speed of information transmission in Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) JF - Myrmecological News Y1 - 2007 DA - 2007 PB - The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics SN - Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500 N1 - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_010:116 DO - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_010:116 SP - 116 KW - None. AB - Tatiana А. Novgorodova & Svetlana G. Zhukova Dr. Tatiana А. Novgorodova (contact author), Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze ul., 11, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloake56121d0065c76559723782bf5bb29e6').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addye56121d0065c76559723782bf5bb29e6 = 'tanovg' + '@'; addye56121d0065c76559723782bf5bb29e6 = addye56121d0065c76559723782bf5bb29e6 + 'yandex' + '.' + 'ru'; var addy_texte56121d0065c76559723782bf5bb29e6 = 'tanovg' + '@' + 'yandex' + '.' + 'ru';document.getElementById('cloake56121d0065c76559723782bf5bb29e6').innerHTML += ''+addy_texte56121d0065c76559723782bf5bb29e6+''; Dr. Svetlana G. Zhukova, Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova ul., 20, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloakd373f06a46e09f39ff479e1a5897fb46').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addyd373f06a46e09f39ff479e1a5897fb46 = 'xarza' + '@'; addyd373f06a46e09f39ff479e1a5897fb46 = addyd373f06a46e09f39ff479e1a5897fb46 + 'mail' + '.' + 'ru'; var addy_textd373f06a46e09f39ff479e1a5897fb46 = 'xarza' + '@' + 'mail' + '.' + 'ru';document.getElementById('cloakd373f06a46e09f39ff479e1a5897fb46').innerHTML += ''+addy_textd373f06a46e09f39ff479e1a5897fb46+''; Myrmecol. News 10: 116 In this study, a new system of group foraging and information transmission has been revealed through use of the Reznikova-Ryabko Binary Tree Maze, for Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783. The main idea of this approach is to ask ants to transmit items of information of definite length and complexity (Reznikova & Ryabko 1994). The investigations were carried out in 2003 - 2005. Ants had to memorize and pass on 2, 4, or 6 bits of information in order to find a trough with syrup on one of the final "leaves" of a maze involving 2, 4, or 6 forks. All… JA - Myrmecological News M3 - Abstract VL - 10