Geographic profiling applied to testing models of bumble- bee foraging by Nigel E Raine, D. Kim Rossmo, and Steven C Le Comber Interface Volume 6(32): March 6, 2009 ©2009 by The Royal Society

The effects of altering the model variables (a) B, (b) f and (c) g on the shape of the jeopardy surface (shown here as a two dimensional slice through the caldera-shaped function output). Nigel E Raine et al. J. R. Soc. Interface 2009;6: ©2009 by The Royal Society

Example patterns of flower choices made by a virtual bee following nine different theoretical foraging algorithms in simulation 2. Nigel E Raine et al. J. R. Soc. Interface 2009;6: ©2009 by The Royal Society

Foraging choices made by real bumble-bees in the experimental study. Nigel E Raine et al. J. R. Soc. Interface 2009;6: ©2009 by The Royal Society

Half matrices showing log t statistics for comparisons of B (the buffer zone radius: a,b,e,f) and f (c,d,g,h) among different foraging algorithms in simulation 1 plus experimental data (flower densities 32 and 64 (a–d)) and simulation 2 (flower densities Nigel E Raine et al. J. R. Soc. Interface 2009;6: ©2009 by The Royal Society