Group decision making in honey bee swarms

American Scientist

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 220-229

  Seeley, Thomas D ^a   Kirk Visscher, P ^b   Passino, Kevin M ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DECISION MAKING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; SWARMING;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 33750444548     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2006.3.220     Document Type: Article

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