Searching for a new home - Scouting behavior of honeybee swarms

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 384-392

  Janson, Stefan ^a   Middendorf, Martin ^a   Beekman, Madeleine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis; Decentralized decision making; Honeybees; Individual based model; Nest site selection; Swarming

Indexed keywords

BEE; DECISION MAKING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; NEST SITE; SITE SELECTION; SOCIAL INSECT; SWARMING;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33847680566     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl095     Document Type: Article

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