The flight paths of honeybees recruited by the waggle dance

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7039, 2005, Pages 205-207

  Riley, J R ^a   Greggers, U ^b   Smith, A D ^a   Reynolds, D R ^c   Menzel, R ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR;

BEEHIVES; FLIGHT PATHS; HARMONIC RADAR; HONEYBEES;

BIODIVERSITY;

COMMUNICATION; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; INSECT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; DANCING; FLIGHT; HONEYBEE; LANGUAGE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION; WIND;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEES; CUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ODORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMELL; VISION; WIND;

EID: 18744399576     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03526     Document Type: Article

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