Individual recruitment in honeybees, Apis mellifera L. The effect of food source profitability on the rate of bees arriving at the feeding place

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-108

  Fernández, Patricia ^a   Farina, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Foraging; Honeybee; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0036184805     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-001-0054-x     Document Type: Article

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