Non-random nectar unloading interactions between foragers and their receivers in the honeybee hive

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 440-443

  Goyret, Joaquín ^a,b   Farina, Walter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NECTAR; OLFACTORY CUE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD STORAGE; FORAGING; HONEYBEE; INSECT SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; ODORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA;

EID: 27644482694     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0016-7     Document Type: Article

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