The use of conspecific and interspecific scent marks by foraging bumblebees and honeybees

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 183-189

  Stout, Jane Catherine ^a   Goulson, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; OLFACTORY CUE; SCENT MARKING;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; BOMBUS; HYMENOPTERA; MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0034909825     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1729     Document Type: Article

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