Collective nectar foraging at low reward conditions in honeybees Apis mellifera

Apidologie

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 301-311

  Fernández, Patricia Carina ^a,b   Farina, Walter Marcelo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Collective foraging; Competition; Experience; Foraging

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 24944540206     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2005004     Document Type: Article

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