Choice of direction of flight paths between flowers by foraging bumble bees (Bombus). The Canadian entomologist;Le choix de la direction des trajets entre fleurs des bourdons (Bombus) butineurs

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 915-925

  Plowright, Catherine ^a   Cantin Plante, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUMBLE BEED; FLIGHT BEHAVIOUR; FLIGHT PATH; FORAGING;

APIDAE; BOMBUS; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031459050     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/ent129915-5     Document Type: Article

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