Long-range foraging by the honey-bee, Apis mellifera L.

Functional Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 490-496

  Beekman, M ^a   Ratnieks, F L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central place foraging; Patch size and quality; Social foraging; Spatial heterogeneity; Travel distance

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; PATCH USE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0033825613     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2000.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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