The shaking signal of the honey bee informs workers to prepare for greater activity

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-26

  Seeley, Thomas D ^a   Weidenmüller, Anja ^b   Kühnholz, Susanne ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; SHAKING; SIGNALLING;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 2642629709     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00026.x     Document Type: Article

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