Net energetic advantage drives honey bees (Apis mellifera L) to nectar larceny in Vaccinium ashei Reade

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 398-403

  Dedej, Selim ^a   Delaplane, Keith S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Foraging; Nectar larceny; Vaccinium ashei; Xylocopa virginica

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM; XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 17644380338     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0852-z     Document Type: Article

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