Regulation of nectar collection in relation to honey storage levels by honey bees, Apis mellifera

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 286-291

  Fewell, Jennifer H ^a   Winston, Mark L ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

foraging theory; honey bees; nectar foraging

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

HONEYBEE; NECTAR;

EID: 0029662713     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.3.286     Document Type: Article

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