Seasonal and task-related variation in free running activity rhythms in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-118

  Bloch, G ^a   Shemesh, Y ^a   Robinson, G E ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Developmental plasticity; Division of labor; Free running period; Honey bees

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HONEYBEE; LOCOMOTION; PLASTICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA;

EID: 33644533869     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0844-7     Document Type: Article

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