Could learning of pollen odours by honey bees (Apis mellifera) play a role in their foraging behaviour?

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-174

  Cook, Samantha M ^a   Sandoz, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Martin, Andrew P ^a   Murray, Darren A ^a   Poppy, Guy M ^a,c   Williams, Ingrid H ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Learning; Odour; Pollen; Proboscis extension conditioning

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POLLEN;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); SINAPIS ARVENSIS; VICIA FABA;

EID: 19544366045     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2005.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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