The honey bee shaking signal: Function and design of a modulatory communication signal

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-36

  Nieh, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dorsoventral abdominal vibration; Honey bee; Modulatory communication; Shaking signal; Signal design

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; HONEYBEE; SIGNAL;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0031977122     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050408     Document Type: Article

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