Look and turn: Landmark-based goal navigation in honey bees

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 3945-3955

  Fry, S N ^a   Wehner, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Behavior; Flight; Honey bee; Landmark; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FLYING; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 27744560924     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01833     Document Type: Article

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