Spatial memory and navigation by honeybees on the scale of the foraging range

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 147-154

  Dyer, Fred C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bees; Cognitive maps; Learning; Navigation; Orientation; Spatial memory; Sun compass

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001414635     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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