Hypotheses on the adaptiveness or non-adaptiveness of the directional imprecision in the honey bee's waggle dance (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apis mellifera)

Entomologia Generalis

Volumn 29, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 285-298

  Gardner, Kathryn E ^a   Seeley, Thomas D ^a   Calderone, Nicholas W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera Linnaeus 1758; Dance language; Tuned error hypothesis; Waggle dance

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 35848940962     PISSN: 01718177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/entom.gen/29/2007/285     Document Type: Article

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