Comb-wax discrimination by honeybees tested with the proboscis extension reflex

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1581-1587

  Fröhlich, Birgit ^a   Riederer, Markus ^a   Tautz, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Chemical component; Comb wax; Discrimination of wax; Honeybee; Proboscis extension reflex

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COCCIDAE;

EID: 0342803173     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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