Honeybee (Apis mellifera ligustica) response to differences in handling time, rewards and flower colours

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 937-946

  Sanderson, Charlotte E ^a   Orozco, Benjamin S ^a   Hill, Peggy S M ^a   Wells, Harrington ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DIMORPHISM; HANDLING TIME; HONEYBEE; MORPHOLOGY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA LIGUSTICA; APOIDEA;

EID: 33748776543     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01245.x     Document Type: Article

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