The role of internal and external information in foraging decisions of Melipona workers (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-116

  Biesmeijer, Jacobus C ^a   Van Nieuwstadt, Mark G L ^a   Lukács, Saskia ^a   Sommeijer, Marinus J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Decision making; Foraging; Learning; Melipona

Indexed keywords

BEE; DECISION MAKING; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; INFORMATION;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MELIPONA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 0031925647     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050418     Document Type: Article

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