Spontaneous flower constancy and learning in honey bees as a function of colour

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 615-627

  Hill, Peggy S M ^a   Wells, Patrick H ^b   Wells, Harrington ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWER COLOUR; FLOWER CONSTANCY; HONEYBEE; LEARNING BEHAVIOUR;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031239126     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0467     Document Type: Article

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