Self-organization in collective honeybee foraging: Emergence of symmetry breaking, cross inhibition and equal harvest-rate distribution

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 557-569

  De Vries, Han ^a   Biesmeijer, Jacobus C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collective foraging; Communication; Honeybee; Individual oriented model; Self organization

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; SELF ORGANIZATION;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036589925     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0454-6     Document Type: Article

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