The effect of insecticides considered harmless to honey bees (Apis mellifera): Proboscis conditioning studies by using the insect growth regulators tebufenozide and diflubenzuron

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 378-388

  Abramson, C I ^a   Squire, Jon ^a   Sheridan, Audrey ^a   Mulder Jr , Phillip G ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Honey bee; Insecticides; Learning; Pavlovian conditioning; Proboscis extension

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONING; GROWTH REGULATOR; HONEYBEE; INSECTICIDE; LEARNING;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 1942505345     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.2.378     Document Type: Article

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