House-hunting by honey bee swarms: Collective decisions and individual behaviors

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 348-360

  Camazine, S ^a   Visscher, P K ^b   Finley, J ^a   Vetter, R S ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Communication; Decision making; Honey bee; House hunting; Swarm

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HONEYBEE; NEST SITE; SITE SELECTION;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032701643     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050156     Document Type: Article

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