The effect of genotype, age, sex, and caste on response thresholds to sucrose and foraging behavior of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-213

  Pankiw, T ^a   Page Jr , R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Development; Foraging; Honey bee; Neurobiology

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REFLEX; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POLLEN; REFLEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOLUTIONS; SUCROSE;

ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0033180607     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050379     Document Type: Article

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