Assessment of pollen stores by foragers in colonies of the honey bee, Apis mellifera L.

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-27

  Vaughan, D M ^a   Calderone, N W ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis; Direct assessment; Honey bees; Pollen foraging; Regulatory mechanism

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; POLLEN;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036216403     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-002-8273-3     Document Type: Article

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