Group decision making in swarms of honey bees

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-31

  Seeley, Thomas D ^b   Buhrman, Susannah C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Apis mellifer; Communication; Dance language; Decision making; Swarming

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; NEST SITE; SITE SELECTION; SOCIAL INSECT;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032920848     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050536     Document Type: Article

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