Foraging for nectar and pollen on thistle flowers (cirsium vulgare) and artificial flowers: How bumble bees (bombus impatiens) respond to colony requirements

Behaviour

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 951-963

  Plowright, C M S ^a   Cohen Salmon, Denis ^b   Landry, France ^a   Simonds, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Bumble bees; Choice; Foraging; Individual behaviour; Pollen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033484304     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853999501667     Document Type: Article

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