Octopamine influences honey bee foraging preference

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 691-698

  Giray, Tugrul ^a,b   Galindo Cardona, Alberto ^a   Oskay, Devrim ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Biogenic amine; Nectar forager; Water forager

Indexed keywords

OCTOPAMINE;

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NECTAR; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLOWER; FOOD PREFERENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLOWERS; FOOD PREFERENCES; OCTOPAMINE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 34447506169     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.03.016     Document Type: Article

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