Drifting is a behavior in which bees, both workers and drones, return to the wrong hive after leaving their parent colony (Free 1958). It is a common occurrence in apiaries, especially when hives are placed in rows with few landmarks or orientation cues for the bees. Drifting of honey bees is influenced by many environmental and apiary layout factors (Free 1958; Free and Spencer-Booth 1961; Jay 1965, 1966a, 1966b, 1968; Jay and Dixon 1988). If no suitable steps to reduce drifting are carried out, drifting may lead to spread of diseases and mites, loss of bees to other colonies and reduced honey production (Goodwin et al. 1994; Jay 1969a, 1969b; Traver and Fell 2011). A model developed by Pfeiffer and Crailsheim (1998) indicated that the population in an apiary consisting of unmarked hives standing in a row can consist of up to 42 ± 6% drifted bees. This indicates a high intermix of an apiary's population when no precautions to reduce drifting are taken.
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机译：漂流是指蜜蜂，无论是工蜂还是无人蜂，在离开其父母的殖民地后返回错误的蜂巢（Free 1958）。这在养蜂场中很常见，尤其是当把蜂巢排成一排，而蜜蜂的地标或方向提示很少时。蜜蜂的漂移受许多环境和养蜂场布局因素的影响（Free 1958; Free和Spencer-Booth 1961; Jay 1965、1966a，1966b，1968; Jay和Dixon 1988）。如果没有采取减少漂流的适当措施，漂流可能导致疾病和螨虫的传播，蜜蜂向其他殖民地的流失以及蜂蜜产量的下降（Goodwin等，1994; Jay 1969a，1969b; Traver和Fell 2011）。由Pfeiffer和Crailsheim（1998）开发的模型表明，由连续站立的无标记蜂巢组成的蜂房中的种群最多可包括42±6％的漂移蜜蜂。如果没有采取减少漂移的措施，这表明养蜂场的种群高度混杂。
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