Prior classical olfactory conditioning improves odour-cued flight orientation of honey bees in a wind tunnel

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 3731-3737

  Chaffiol, Antoine ^a   Laloi, David ^b   Pham Delègue, Minh Hà ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Honey bee; Information transfer; Olfactory conditioning; Olfactory cue; Orientation in flight; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

LINALOOL; TERPENE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; FLYING; ODOR; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MONOTERPENES; ODORS; ORIENTATION;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 27644481538     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01796     Document Type: Article

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