Intra-colonial variability in the dance communication in honeybees (Apis mellifera)

Ethology

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 751-761

  Arnold, Gérard ^a   Quenet, Brigitte ^b   Papin, Christian ^b   Masson, Claudine ^b   Kirchner, Wolfgang H ^c  

^a France and University of Paris Sud   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY; COMMUNICATION; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HONEYBEE;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036741085     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2002.00809.x     Document Type: Article

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