The communal crop: Modulation of sucrose response thresholds of pre-foraging honey bees with incoming nectar quality

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 286-292

  Pankiw, Tanya ^a,c   Nelson, Mindy ^b,c   Page, Robert E ^c   Fondrk, M Kim ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Foraging behavior; Honey bee; Proboscis extension response threshold

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NECTAR;

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

EID: 0842331011     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0714-0     Document Type: Article

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