Behaviour-locked signal analysis reveals weak 200-300 Hz comb vibrations during the honeybee waggle dance

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1573-1579

  Nieh, James C ^a,b   Tautz, Jürgen ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Behaviour; Communication; Honeybee; Signal; Vibration; Waggle dance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; VIBRATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0034122303     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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