Bee Pollination on Lavender Flowers
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globals[ hive-x hive-y flower-color-male flower-color-male-nectar flower-color-female flower-color-female-nectar ground-color energy-reduction-factor nectar-regeneration-freq bloom-factor spawn-factor hive-nectar bee-max-nectar ] turtles-own[ energy pollen-carried? nectar-carried curr-step curr-heading is-active? ] patches-own[ nectar flower-health is-flower? time-to-nectar-regeneration is-female? is-pollinated? time-to-bloom ] to setup clear-all setup-flower-patches setup-bees reset-ticks end to setup-flower-patches ;;; Setup soil and flower patches init-globals setup-hive ask patches [ set is-flower? false set is-female? false set is-pollinated? false if pxcor != hive-x or pycor != hive-y[ set pcolor ground-color if random 100 < flower-spread [ set flower-health random 100 setup-flower-attr ] ] ] end to init-globals set flower-color-male 116 set flower-color-male-nectar 114 set flower-color-female 138 set flower-color-female-nectar 135 set energy-reduction-factor (floor ((no-of-ticks-per-day * 30) / 100)) set nectar-regeneration-freq (no-of-ticks-per-day / daily-nectar-generation) set bloom-factor (no-of-ticks-per-day * bloom-days) set-spawn-factor ( ifelse ambient-temprature >= 18 [set ground-color 63] ambient-temprature > 10 [set ground-color 33] [set ground-color white] ) end to set-spawn-factor ;;; Bee Spawnning changes according to the ambient temprature ( ifelse ambient-temprature >= 18 [set spawn-factor no-of-ticks-per-day] [set spawn-factor (no-of-ticks-per-day * 5)] ) end to setup-hive ;;; Setup a hive at a random location in the field set hive-x random max-pxcor set hive-y random max-pycor ask patch hive-x hive-y[ set plabel "HV" set pcolor 15 set plabel-color white ] end to setup-flower-attr ;;; Setup for flower attributes ifelse random flower-spread < (min (list nectar-ratio flower-spread)) [ set nectar per-flower-nectar ][ set time-to-nectar-regeneration random nectar-regeneration-freq ] set is-flower? true flower-to-female change-flower-color end to flower-to-female ;;; Randomizing the gender for a flower if random 2 > 0 [set is-female? true] end to change-flower-color ;;; Setting up the color of the flower according to the presence of nectar and gender ifelse is-female? = true [set pcolor flower-color-female] [set pcolor flower-color-male] if nectar > 0 [ ifelse is-female? = true [set pcolor flower-color-female-nectar] [set pcolor flower-color-male-nectar] ] end to setup-bees ;;; Setup for bees create-turtles number-of-bees [ set energy random 100 create-bee set is-active? false ( ifelse ambient-temprature >= 18 [ set bee-max-nectar 100 ] ambient-temprature > 10 [ set bee-max-nectar 35 set xcor hive-x set ycor hive-y ][ set xcor hive-x set ycor hive-y ] ) ] end to create-bee ;;; Setup for bee attributes like shape, color setxy random-xcor random-ycor set shape "bee" set curr-heading heading change-bee-color end to change-bee-color ;;; Change bee color according to energy ifelse energy >= 20 [set color yellow] [set color red] end ;;; Go Procedure starts here to go activate-bees work-bees reduce-bee-energy reduce-flower-health regenerate-nectar regrow-flower spawn-bee tick end to activate-bees ;;; Bees movement from hive changes according to the ambient temprature ;;; They tend to be active during summer when tempratrue is around 18 to 30 ;;; Moderately active durin spring or autumn when temprature is aorund 10 to 18 ;;; Inactive during winter when temprature is leesere than 10 ( ifelse ambient-temprature >= 18 [ ask turtles [ set is-active? true ] ] ambient-temprature > 10 [ if (ticks mod energy-reduction-factor) = 0 [ let active-turtles n-of (floor (number-of-bees * .15)) turtles ask active-turtles [ set is-active? true ] ] ] ) end to work-bees ;;; Wroker bees go procedure, bees collect nectar only under 3 conditions ;;; 1. If it is a flower ;;; 2. If the flower has enough nectar [nectar] ;;; 3. If the bee has the carry capacity [nectar-carried] ;;; After the bees are full it goes straight the hive and drop them ;;; Bees also carry pollen from male flowers while picking nectar from male flower [pick-pollen] and ;;; while carrying nectar from female flowers they drop them, this causes fertilization [pollinate-flower] ask turtles with [is-active?][ if [is-flower?] of patch-here[ if nectar-carried < bee-max-nectar and [nectar] of patch-here > 0 [ set nectar-carried nectar-carried + [nectar] of patch-here change-search-heading deplete-flower-nectar ] pick-pollen pollinate-flower ] ( ifelse nectar-carried >= bee-max-nectar and patch-here = patch hive-x hive-y[ set hive-nectar hive-nectar + nectar-carried set nectar-carried 0 set pollen-carried? false if ambient-temprature < 18 [set is-active? false] ] nectar-carried >= bee-max-nectar [ facexy hive-x hive-y fd 1 ] [ search-for-nectar ] ) ] end to search-for-nectar ;;; Bees search for the flowers to pick nectar. ;;; Bees follow a short distance in same direction before changing its direction. ;;; Controlled using [search-steps] ifelse curr-heading = heading and curr-step <= search-steps [ set curr-step curr-step + 1 fd 1 ][ change-search-heading set curr-step 1 fd 1 ] end to change-search-heading ;;; Bees change the direction of search after few steps ;;; as explained in [search-for-nectar] go procedure. rt random 90 set curr-heading heading end to deplete-flower-nectar ;;; Each time the bee picks nectar it is depleated and is set for regenration in future ask patch-here [ set nectar 0 change-flower-color set time-to-nectar-regeneration nectar-regeneration-freq ] end to pollinate-flower ;;; If Bee goes to a female flower and ;;; bee has pollen, it drops the pollen to polinate the female flower ;;; The no of seeds to drop by the female flower is controlled by [no-of-seeds-to-drop] ;;; seeds are dropped areound the female flower. if [is-female?] of patch-here and pollen-carried? = true [ ask patch-here[ let target-neigbhor n-of min(list no-of-seeds-to-drop (count neighbors)) neighbors ask target-neigbhor [ if not (pxcor = hive-x and pycor = hive-y)[ set is-pollinated? true set time-to-bloom bloom-factor ] ] ] set pollen-carried? false ] end to pick-pollen ;;; If the bee reaches a male flower it picks pollen if [not is-female?] of patch-here [ set pollen-carried? true ] end to reduce-bee-energy ;;; Bees lose energy. The lifespan of bees are 30 days. ;;; [energ-reduction-factor] are calculated according to the ticks ;;; using [no-of-ticks-per-day]. ask turtles [ if (ticks mod energy-reduction-factor) = 0 [ set energy energy - 1 ] change-bee-color if energy <= 0 [ die ] ] end to reduce-flower-health ;;; Flowers lose health. The lifespan of flowers are 30 days. ;;; [energ-reduction-factor] are calculated according to the ticks ;;; using [no-of-ticks-per-day]. ask patches with [is-flower?][ if (ticks mod energy-reduction-factor) = 0 [ set flower-health flower-health - 1 ] if flower-health <= 0 [ flower-death ] ] end to flower-death ;;; Flowers are reset when they die, If the seeds are dropped in the place ;;; they are preserved and they are regrown. set pcolor ground-color set nectar 0 set is-flower? false set is-female? false end to regenerate-nectar ;;; Nectar regeneration happens after the nectar is depleated ;;; Controlled using [daily-nectar-regeneration] slider. ask patches with[is-flower?][ set time-to-nectar-regeneration time-to-nectar-regeneration - 1 if time-to-nectar-regeneration <= 0 [ set nectar per-flower-nectar change-flower-color ] ] end to regrow-flower ;;; FLowers are regrown from seeds. Flowers have bloom period. ;;; They are controlled by [bloom-days] slider. ask patches with [not is-flower? and is-pollinated?] [ set time-to-bloom time-to-bloom - 1 if time-to-bloom <= 0 [ set is-pollinated? false set is-flower? true set flower-health 100 set nectar per-flower-nectar flower-to-female change-flower-color ] ] end to spawn-bee ;;; Bees are spawned from the hive everyday. ;;; Spawning count is controlled by [bees-to-spawn] slider. if (ticks mod spawn-factor) = 0 [ create-turtles bees-to-spawn [ setxy hive-x hive-y facexy random-xcor random-ycor set shape "bee" set curr-heading heading set energy 100 set is-active? false ] ] end
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