Honeybee Responses to Reward Size and Colour in an Artificial Flower Patch

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1981, Pages 172-179

  Wells, Harrington ^a   Wells, Patrick H ^b   Smith, Dale M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001245050     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.1981.11100493     Document Type: Article

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