Discrimination of oilseed rape volatiles by the honeybee: Combined chemical and biological approaches

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-92

  Pham Delegue M H ^a   Blight, M M ^b   Kerguelen, V ^a   Le Metayer M ^a   Marion Poll, F ^a   Sandoz, J C ^a   Wadhams, L J ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

honeybees; learning; oilseed rape; olfactory discrimination; volatiles

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0030942223     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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