Influence of flight time and flight environment on distance communication by dancing honey bees

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 402-407

  Barron, A B ^a   Zhu, H ^a   Robinson, G E ^b   Srinivasan, M V ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Dance language; Optic flow; Waggle dance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 28544447922     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0827-8     Document Type: Article

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