The effect of insecticides on learning in the Africanized honey bee (Apis mellifera L.)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 529-535

  Abramson, C I ^a   Aquino, I S ^b   Ramalho, F S ^c   Price, J M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA ALGODÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBARIL; CYFLUTHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; ENDOSULFAN; INSECTICIDE; SUCROSE;

HONEYBEE; INSECTICIDE; LEARNING; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; FEEDING; HONEY; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BEES; CARBARYL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ENDOSULFAN; INSECTICIDES; LEARNING; NITRILES; PYRETHRINS; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032706517     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900548     Document Type: Article

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