Vibration signal behaviour and the use of modulatory communication in established and newly founded honeybee colonies

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 541-551

  Hyland, Kelly M ^a   Cao, Tuan T ^b   Malechuk, Alana M ^c   Lewis, Lee A ^d   Schneider, Stanley S ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; colony founding; cooperation; division of labour; honeybee; hymenoptera; modulatory communication; nest building; social stimulation; vibration signals

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; COLONY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RESPONSE; HONEYBEE; SIGNAL; SOCIAL INSECT; VIBRATION;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33847680166     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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