The detection and recognition of color stimuli by honeybees: Performance and mechanisms

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 129-140

  Giurfa, Martin ^a   Vorobyev, Misha ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOUR DETECTION; COLOUR RECOGNITION; HONEYBEE;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030829253     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07929978.1997.10676679     Document Type: Article

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