Why do honey bees dance?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 395-401

  Dornhaus, Anna ^a,b   Chittka, Lars ^a,c  

^a Biozentrum ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Dance language; Evolution; Foraging; Orientation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE;

ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 1142293894     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0726-9     Document Type: Article

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