Consensus building during nest-site selection in honey bee swarms: The expiration of dissent

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 417-424

  Seeley, Thomas D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Group decision making; Honey bees; Nest site selection; Social choice; Swarming

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NEST SITE; SITE SELECTION;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0038006796     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0598-z     Document Type: Article

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