How a honey bee colony mustered additional labor for the task of pollen foraging

Apidologie

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 367-373

  Rotjan, Randi D ^a   Calderone, Nicholas W ^a   Seeley, Thomas D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Pollen collection; Recruitment; Task switching; Work tempo

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; POLLEN;

ARTICLE; FORAGING; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; POLLEN;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036652433     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2002026     Document Type: Article

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6. The organization of work in social insect colonies
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8. Foraging profits and thoracic temperature of honey bees
9. Chemical communication among workers of the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima (Fr. Smith)