Imprecision in waggle dances of the honeybee (Apis mellifera) for nearby food sources: Error or adaptation?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 190-199

  Weidenmüller, Anja ^a,c   Seeley, Thomas D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Communication; Honeybee; Recruitment; Swarms; Tuned error hypothesis; Waggle dance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATION; FOOD SUPPLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 18144448367     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050609     Document Type: Article

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