Deciding on a new home: How do honeybees agree?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1498, 2002, Pages 1383-1388

  Britton, N F ^a   Franks, N R ^a   Pratt, S C ^a   Seeley, T D ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Collective decision making; Honeybees; Nest site choice; Social insects

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; NEST SITE; SITE SELECTION; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HONEYBEE; NESTING; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

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

ANIMALS; BEES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037036508     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2001     Document Type: Article

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