Behavioral studies of learning in the Africanized honey bee (Apis mellifera L.)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 68-86

  Abramson, Charles I ^a   Aquino, Italo S ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Africanized honey bee; Classical conditioning; Electron microscopy; Insect behavior; Insects; Intelligence; Invertebrate behavior; Invertebrates; Learning

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONDITIONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECTICIDES; LEARNING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036315464     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063734     Document Type: Conference Paper

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