Olfactory conditioning of the proboscis extension in bumble bees

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-129

  Laloi, D ^a   Sandoz, J C ^a   Picard Nizou, A L ^a   Marchesi, A ^a   Pouvreau, A ^a   Tasei J N ^a   Poppy, G ^b   Pham Delegue M H ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bumble bee; Olfactory learning; Proboscis extension conditioning

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032954161     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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