What attracts honeybees to a waggle dancer?

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 661-667

  Tautz, J ^a   Rohrseitz, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dance communication; Dance followers; Honeybee; Waggle dance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031730561     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050289     Document Type: Article

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