Cold anaesthesia decreases foraging recruitment in the new world bumblebee, bombus occidentalis

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 169-172

  Wilson, Erin E ^a   Holway, David ^a   Nieh, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alerting; Cold anaesthesia; Communication; Foraging

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 33846157751     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2006.11101343     Document Type: Article

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