Does plastic comb foundation hinder waggle dance communication?

Apidologie

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 513-521

  Seeley, Thomas D ^a   Reich, Adrian M ^a   Tautz, Jürgen ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Comb vibration; Plastic foundation; Recruitment communication; Waggle dance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; RECRUITMENT; VIBRATION;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 29244456413     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2005037     Document Type: Article

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