Repellent scent-marking of flowers by a guild of foraging bumblebees (Bombus spp.)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 317-326

  Stout, Jane C ^a   Goulson, Dave ^a   Allen, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floral rewards; Pheromone; Symphytum officinale; Tarsal secretion

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SCENT MARKING;

APIDAE; BOMBUS HORTORUM; BOMBUS PASCUORUM; BOMBUS PRATORUM; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA; SYMPHYTUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 0031657853     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050497     Document Type: Article

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