Debris removal by head-pushing in A. florea Fabr. honeybees

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 241-243

  Sarma, M Sen ^a   Fuchs, S ^b   Tautz, J ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HONEYBEE; NEST;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CLEANING; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN;

APIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034117655     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050712     Document Type: Article

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