Responses of Individual Honey Bees to Artificial Feeders Visited by Themselves and to Feeders Visited by Hivemates

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-108

  Williams, Catherine S ^a   Poppy, Guy M ^b  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Artificial feeders; Behaviour; Honey bees; Odours; Reward

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744437549     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.1997.11100935     Document Type: Article

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