Trophallaxis in the honeybee, Apis mellifera: The interaction between viscosity and sucrose concentration of the transferred solution

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1319-1326

  Tezze, Andrea A ^a,b   Farina, Walter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Ciudad Universitaria ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARENA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032989832     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1110     Document Type: Article

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