Do bumblebees (hymenoptera: apidae) really forage close to their nests?

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-182

  Dramstad, W E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bumblebees (Bombus); Flight distances; Foraging behavior

Indexed keywords

BOMBUS SPP.;

EID: 0030023910     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02213863     Document Type: Article

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