Modelling collective foraging by means of individual behaviour rules in honey-bees

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-124

  De Vries, Han ^a   Biesmeijer, Jacobus C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collective behavior; Collective foraging; Communication; Honey bee; Individual oriented model

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL;

EID: 0031648252     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050522     Document Type: Article

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