Age and behavior of honey bees, Apis mellifera (Hyrnenoptera: Apidae), that perform vibration signals on workers

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 457-473

  Painter Kurt, S ^a   Schneider, S S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; COMMUNICATION; FORAGING; HONEYBEE; VIBRATION SIGNAL;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031844621     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00083.x     Document Type: Article

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