Worker allocation in insect societies: Coordination of nectar foragers and nectar receivers in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-81

  Anderson, Carl ^a,c   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Honey bee; Nectar foragers; Receiver bees; Shaking signal; Signals; Stop signal; Tremble dance; Waggle dance; Worker allocation

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032802316     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050595     Document Type: Review

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