Modulation of sucrose response thresholds in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.): Influence of genotype, feeding, and foraging experience

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 293-301

  Pankiw, Tanya ^a   Waddington, Keith D ^b   Page, Robert E ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Honey bee; Neuroethology; Response thresholds

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEES; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GENOTYPE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SUCROSE;

EID: 0034944410     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590100201     Document Type: Article

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