Group decision making in nest-site selection by honey bees

Apidologie

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-116

  Seeley, Thomas D ^a   Visscher, P Kirk ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Group decision making; Honey bee; Nest site selection; Swarming; Waggle dance

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NEST SITE; SITE SELECTION; SWARMING;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 1842817432     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004004     Document Type: Review

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