Vibration signal behavior of waggle-dancers in swarms of the honey bee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 963-972

  Schneider, S S ^a   Visscher, P K ^b   Camazine, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HONEYBEE; SIGNAL; VIBRATION;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031775343     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00045.x     Document Type: Article

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