Phototactic behaviour correlates with gustatory responsiveness in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 174-180

  Erber, J ^a   Hoormann, J ^a   Scheiner, R ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Gustation; Honey bee; Insect; Locomotion; Phototaxis

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DARKNESS; HONEYBEE; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASTE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SENSE ORGANS; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE; VISION; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 33748685223     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.07.023     Document Type: Article

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