Honey bees transfer olfactory memories established during flower visits to a proboscis extension paradigm in the laboratory

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1079-1085

  Gerber, B ^a   Geberzahn, N ^b   Hellstern, F ^b   Klein, J ^b   Kowalksy, O ^b   Wustenberg D ^b   Menzel, R ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; LEARNING; MEMORY; OLFACTION; PROBOSCIS EXTENSION;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030303260     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0255     Document Type: Article

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