The Occurrence and Context of the Shaking Signal in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) Exploiting Natural Food Sources

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1009-1020

  Biesmeijer, Jacobus C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; SIGNALING;

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

EID: 0345768850     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0179-1613.2003.00939.x     Document Type: Article

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