Short-term effect of different weather conditions upon the behaviour of forager and nurse honey bees (Apis mellifera carnica Pollmann)

Apidologie

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 411-426

  Riessberger, U ^a   Crailsheim, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Day and night; Division of labour; Social behaviour; Weather

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; HONEYBEE; NURSING BEHAVIOUR; WEATHER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; NURSING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WEATHER;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031416807     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19970608     Document Type: Article

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