Behavioral development and olfactory learning in the honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-27

  Ray, Steve ^a   Ferneyhough, Ben ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Caste; Development; Olfactory learning; Proboscis extension reflex

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; SMELLING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; LEARNING; REFLEX; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0032931175     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199901)34:1<21::AID-DEV4>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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