Floral odor learning within the hive affects honeybees' foraging decisions

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 218-222

  Arenas, Andrés ^a   Fernández, Vanesa M ^a   Farina, Walter M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Associative learning; Foraging choice; Information transfer; Olfactory experiences

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD STORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; INSECT SWARM; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; HONEY; LEARNING; ODORS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 33847117630     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0176-0     Document Type: Article

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